Share the bike lane!

Motorbikes and scooters should be allowed to be ridden slowly in bicycle-only traffic lanes, the nation's peak motorcycle group says.

The Motorcycle Riders Association of Australia (MRAA) says while the practice is technically illegal, it has been generally tolerated in the past.
"We again urge government to explicitly legalise the sharing of these lanes with a maximum speed limit of 30kph being places on motorcycles and scooters," Mr Maggs said.

The call comes as Mr Maggs said police in Victoria were cracking down on motorcycle and scooter riders who used the bike lanes to escape gridlocked intersections.

"There has been an upsurge in the pointless policing of this practice," he said.

Mr Maggs said rising petrol prices, and worsening traffic congestion, had resulted in motorists changing over to powered two-wheeled transport at twice the rate of those turning to bicycles.

From the Sydney Morning Herald