Motorcyclists reflect on lane-splitting after death

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Motorcycle deaths are on the rise in Orange County.

A Garden Grove man was killed last week while apparently riding his motorcycle between lanes on the I-405 freeway, prompting The Orange County Register to ask local motorcyclists and safety experts about the practice known as lane-splitting.

The number of motorcyclists killed in Orange County rose to 36 in 2008 from 25 a year earlier – a jump of 44 percent, according to National Traffic Safety Administration data released last month. The increase in motorcycle deaths came even as the total number of traffic fatalities in Orange County dropped to 163 last year from 194 in 2007.

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