Clearing the air on filtering

A petition has been raised calling on the two major levels of government in Australia – state and federal -- to define the “differences between safe ‘filtering’ between lanes of stationary or slow moving traffic, and ‘lane splitting’.

The petition, established on May 31, claims there is little empirical evidence to suggest that filtering, when conducted in a safe manner, is significantly dangerous and therefore categorised as illegal.

The main body of the petition reads as follows:

Click on the following link to to check out the petition.

Do you think the petition will gain some traction with authorities? And do you think filtering is safe? Have your say below.