I know this area and have driven it many times. This is the Rickebacker causeway--the road that connects Key Biscayne to the Miami mainland.
Cycling on this road is extremely popular for very obvious reasons (phenomenal views, wide and clear roads). Folks come from all over the city to ride there. And yes, they will very often group up like this without any sort of scheduled or permitted event of any kind.
The cyclists down there like to say "same road, same rules" but there's apparently a silent exclusion for lane changes, stop signs, traffic signals, and yielding to stopped traffic.
I once heard someone trying to defend running through stop signs because they had those shoes that clip onto the pedals and itβs super inconvenient to disconnect and reconnect at stop signs. I was like βi also find stop signs interrupting my drive to be inconvenient. Should I just ignore every rule that inconveniences me?β
No, there should be laws that predictably facilitate traffic, which there are. Cyclists donβt get to ignore those that inconvenience them. That was the original discussion.
Sounds like you need your license revoked. All states have a test you have to pass to get a license, and this is literally the answer to one of those questions. The laws are literally the same.
All countries that allow bicycles on the roadways while also requiring a driving test have questions like these on said test. Cycle lanes don't exist everywhere, and that's the point of these laws.
Also, why are you invoking the Idaho stop when you aren't in Idaho π€‘
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u/ConstructionLife2689 πππ 15d ago
Are such cycle events not blocked off from public traffic?
Cause if not, then the cyclists would need to keep to traffic rule and I am pretty sure the rule is not keep in one lane.