Motorcyclists and bicyclists should make up their minds. Either ride on the road and follow the same rules as cars, or stay off the road altogether.
Your post is the key to the whole argument. Everyone should have ONE rule set to follow.
In my view, lane-splitters are daring me to not hit them. Since the eyes in the back of my head don’t work as well as they used to, it becomes their problem, not mine. I check out the lane next to me, not the line next to me.
BTW, my son, who rides a motorcycle, is not stupid enough to lane-split.
Monday on my way to the library ,a bicyclist completely ignored the stop signs at at 4-way intersection and shot through in front of me,looking neither right nor left.(Of course I've also seen the cellphone-using driver of an unmarked police car do a right turn without stopping at the same intersection.Before I made it safely to the library a large straight truck went through the stop sign at the very next intersection ,only slowing briefly,not stopping as required by law;and then two intersections further a young man pulled out in front of me from a side street.
Ironically there are signs warning that "rolling stops cost $134,complete stops are free;the police dept.".
I've been driving for 37 years and can't help but see the increased aggressiveness of drivers and riders.