^ Great post! And I didn't realize the rear-endings stats and safety benefits of lane-splitting for motorcycles. I do "expedite my passes" in my convertible too, for the same reasons. Even though it has the fancy running lights, the fact that it's sitting low, with the top down three seasons out of the year and not an SUV or minivan, just seems to make it invisible to a lot of people. I don't want to be along side of anybody for any length of time, so if my intention is to pass somebody, I do so quickly. Some might call that "aggressive". Same sort of mentality, I just have to assume that I'm invisible around here and that people aren't going to see me. Lost track of the number of times I've been passing someone at a reasonable speed delta of 5 mph or whatever, only to have them start changing into my lane. The next thing you know I'm STANDING on the brakes from the typical 45 mph speeds around here praying that I don't get either side-swiped or rear-eneded. I've been extremely lucky.