Legal status Australian lane filtering law map (2015) showing variations in laws. Legal: green with starting dates. US lane splitting law map (April 2014) showing variations in laws. Legal: green. Legal (lane-filtering only): blue. Illegal: black and red (legalizing bills filed). No law: orange and yellow (legalizing bills filed). Legal status in Australia  The legal confusion in Australia is not exceptional. In a 2012 California survey 53\% of non-motorcycle drivers thought lane splitting is legal. There are other U.S. states in which there is no traffic law that explicitly prohibits lane splitting,American Motorcyclist State Motorcycle Laws. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. but officials rely on other laws to regularly interpret lane splitting as unlawful. For example, New Mexico does not address lane splitting by name, but has language requiring turn signals be used continuously for at least before changing lanes, as well as other codes which may be cited by an officer.Besides violating 66-7-325 Turning Movements and required signals prohibit Lane Splitting, a motorcyclist lane splitting in New Mexico could be cited for 66-7-317 "Driving on roadways laned for traffic" and 66-7-322 "Required position and method of turning at intersections" Many other states have identical codes, derived from the Uniform Vehicle Code. Legal status in the US 
Legal status Legal status in Australia Australian lane filtering law map (2015) showing variations in laws. Legal: green with starting dates. The legal confusion in Australia is not exceptional. In a 2012 California survey 53\% of non-motorcycle drivers thought lane splitting is legal. There are other U.S. states in which there is no traffic law that explicitly prohibits lane splitting,American Motorcyclist State Motorcycle Laws. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. but officials rely on other laws to regularly interpret lane splitting as unlawful. For example, New Mexico does not address lane splitting by name, but has language requiring turn signals be used continuously for at least before changing lanes, as well as other codes which may be cited by an officer.Besides violating 66-7-325 Turning Movements and required signals prohibit Lane Splitting, a motorcyclist lane splitting in New Mexico could be cited for 66-7-317 "Driving on roadways laned for traffic" and 66-7-322 "Required position and method of turning at intersections" Many other states have identical codes, derived from the Uniform Vehicle Code. Legal status in the US US lane splitting law map (April 2014) showing variations in laws. Legal: green. Legal (lane-filtering only): blue. Illegal: black and red (legalizing bills filed). No law: orange and yellow (legalizing bills filed).
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Australian lane filtering law map (2015) showing variations in laws. Legal: green with starting dates. US lane splitting law map (April 2014) showing variations in laws. Legal: green. Legal (lane-filtering only): blue. Illegal: black and red (legalizing bills filed). No law: orange and yellow (legalizing bills filed).
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Australian lane filtering law map (2015) showing variations in laws. Legal: green with starting dates.
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US lane splitting law map (April 2014) showing variations in laws. Legal: green. Legal (lane-filtering only): blue. Illegal: black and red (legalizing bills filed). No law: orange and yellow (legalizing bills filed).