Filtering speeds / how fast do you go ?.

[tonyk]

Has anyone seen people on bikes filtering on the M4 in my case but on any other motorways filtering at 70 MPH plus ?.
I normally try not to filter if the traffic is moving above 30 MPH (but thats me), but what about people filtering when there is fast moving traffic.
How fast do you filter ?.

Well apart from pointing out the obvious that it may not be safe and probably would be deemed illegal, its just unnecessary. How can one filter at the speed limit? I'm the same as you for motorway traffic. Only when it drops lower than 40 and traffic is backing up. If all moving steadily at 40 and I can see a long way forward, then I rarely filter (cause i'm beaming the slow coaches to get out of the frickin fast lane!).

[Fallout]

I filter at whatever speed allows me to react to a car suddenly changing lanes etc. Definitely much slower than 70mph!

Depends on the day and how comfortable I feel.

I usually obey my rule that I won't filter at or near the speed limit however much I want to but I've been known to do it at 50 or below if theres a decent gap between cars.

Usually though it's 30 and down for safetys sake, even if I DO do it at higher speeds it's not for long.

I filter all the time, I ride like rush hour isn't even happening.

PS, I've done the M4 a40 into London during rush hour too, wasn't as bad as the Arc de Triomphe

HTH

I'll filter at speeds anywhere up to about 40mph but usually keep between 20 and 30 depending on the situation.

[yorkie_chris]

Yeah don't see much point of filtering when traffic is moving at the speed limit if I'm just going somewhere, the risk vs reward equation of extra progress or chance of getting a pull doesn't work out for me.

Can't say I've had to do too much filtering as yet but when I have I take it easy as I'm only too aware how oblivious other drivers can be sometimes.

But having said that, I was on the M6 the other day which was moving very slowly/stopped at points and was filtering through. All off a sudden the cars seem very aware that you are there, with alot off them very kindly moving over to try to block my progress!!

I don't use my bike for commuting so never actually had to filter other than just up to traffic lights, I do though use the motorway network a lot for my job and the speed that i see some people filter at makes me cringe, I personally would rather arrive safely than not at all.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yeah don't see much point of filtering when traffic is moving at the speed limit if I'm just going somewhere, the risk vs reward equation of extra progress or chance of getting a pull doesn't work out for me.

^^ This.

I don't see the point of filtering above around 60mph, although I will happily filter below that depending on the conditions (I say happily, it will vary depending on weather conditions, traffic behaviour, my own mood, etc... - sometimes if the motorway is narrow, I'm tired, and the traffic is chopping and changing lanes coming up to a junction, I simply won't filter at all unless it gets to below 20mph)