12/16/2005 - Texas = crazy!

But in a good way, I think.  Reading in a bike mag that Texas has passed a law making it legal to split lanes during times of traffic congestion. If you don't know, splitting lanes means riding between cars on the painted lines.

The idea is this will help with the flow of traffic. I don't kn ow how much help it will be but maybe it will make more people decide to ride to work and THAT would help with the flow.  There were a lot of riders in California who were riding the space between the HOV (carpool) lane and the regular traffic when we were down last month but I don't think they were supposed to .

So add to the Texas laws... odd like only the people in the front seats having to wear seatbelts!