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Opinion: Do you feel safe when a motorcycle drives between lanes?

A new lane filtering law allows motorcycles to drive between lanes of traffic to move to the front when vehicles are stopped

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Cars and trucks speed along in rush-hour traffic at night.

Traffic moves along state Route 201 during rush hour in Salt Lake City on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. New lane filtering laws allow motorcycles to drive up between lanes of traffic when vehicles are stopped.

Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Over the years, the Utah Legislature has passed some great laws and some not-so-great laws. 

One not-so-great law is the law making it legal for motorcycle drivers to drive their motorcycles between lanes of traffic on the roadways. There is barely enough room for a car or truck to travel down a lane of traffic let alone having a motorcycle creep up on your left or right side, and the horrendous noise a motorcycle makes is sometimes jarring and downright terrifying. I feel the people of Utah would be better served if this law was rescinded.

Stan Jacobson

Ogden