Motorcycles account for 16% of roadway fatalities in Washington, despite being only 3% of registered vehicles, according to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.

Officials are concerned about lane splitting, when motorcycles ride up ahead between two lanes of traffic, usually at traffic stops or in construction zones.

Our FOX 13 affiliate went out and recorded a number of incidents of motorcycle riders splitting lanes in Western Washington.

We spoke with Mark McKechnie from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, who says that’s illegal in the state.

“They want to be able to travel much faster than the flow of the rest of the traffic in congestion or around a crash, for example. That’s what also makes it riskier. If a motorcycle is going much faster than the flow of traffic, you

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