How are you all faring with lane filtering?
I've been filtering through stopped traffic at maybe 3 mph to the front of the line at red lights, and the reactions from some people have been completely fucking unhinged.
Horn. Swerving toward me. Trying to close the gap. Fuckin' lit cigarettes thrown at me. All because I went around a stationary line of cars on a motorcycle.
I'm not talking about squeezing between cars at 40 mph. I'm literally creeping through stopped traffic at walking speed and getting to the front of the queue. Something that should, at worst, register as mildly irritating to the person sitting in traffic.
Instead, apparently I've committed some profound personal violation.
And sure, most of these people ultimately just scream from inside their air-conditioned cage, the light changes, and that's the end of it. But eventually you're going to encounter someone who doesn't stop at screaming.
Which brings me to the question I'm actually asking: do I really need to start carrying when I commute to work?
Because I really don't want to live in a world where getting on a motorcycle to go to work means I need a helmet camera, front and rear cameras, and a fucking handgun in case some guy in a Tacoma decides that being filtered past at 3 mph is grounds for attempted murder.
I'm not particularly interested in getting into an argument about whether people like lane filtering. Obviously they don't. Nobody likes being passed while they're sitting in traffic.
I'm asking whether other Colorado riders are experiencing this level of hostility, and if so, what the practical answer is. Cameras? Just stop filtering? Carry? Some combination of all three?
I'd really prefer the answer not be "yes, you should probably start carrying a gun to your commute because apparently this is where we're at now."
Half venting, half looking for serious conversation / anecdotes from other riders.
