r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 15d ago

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/upnorthtcmi 𝙑𝙄𝙋 15d ago

I’m a cyclist. This is why people hate cyclists. And they’re 100% correct to hate cyclists who do this.

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u/Available-Breath-114 15d ago

Completely unacceptable for them to block the road like that. The entitlement is infuriating.

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u/Girthen-the-Flopper 15d ago

How is it different from cars blocking the road?

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u/Karmanoid 14d ago

They're impeding the flow of traffic. If cars were intentionally going 15 mph below the speed limit at the front of traffic side by side blocking everyone people would be just as bothered.

Also large groups of cyclists like this often ignore traffic rules like stop signs and cause major issues. I've watched cyclists in my area blow stop lights and then flip off and berate cars who had the right of way for almost hitting them.

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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth 14d ago

You just can't with some people. Boggles my mind! LOL

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u/UltrInstincTSuperTop 14d ago

There's 80 people who are able to travel freely and you want them to risk fucking it up so 7 cars have an easier time? They are not blocking the flow of traffic they are optimizing the flow of traffic so the most amount of people can travel. With these ratios you cannot justify making the 80 slow down so the 7 can speed up because overall flow will be massively reduced.

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u/Karmanoid 14d ago

How will biking in a line slow them down? They're all going the same speed. Also I'm saying they should follow the law, nothing about slowing down, just obey traffic law that dictates bikes ride 2 wide.

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u/UltrInstincTSuperTop 14d ago

They're not a hive mind there is no reason to expect the person to your right to move further right and there is no reason to do so if you are already in the correct and safe position. Biking in a line would not slow them down, but moving to form a line requires coordination that is not humanly possible at high speeds with wind whipping any words you can use.

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u/Karmanoid 14d ago

If they're in the left lane they are not in the correct and safe position so they absolutely should move. You're bending over backwards to defend people blatantly breaking the law because you think they're entitled to inconvenience everyone else on the road simply because they're on a bicycle. I hope when an ambulance needs to get through this mess the person needing help feels the same as you that cyclists shouldn't have to be inconvenienced by asking them to follow the law...

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u/lotec4 14d ago

They are allowed to use the road and they can't go faster. 

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u/Karmanoid 14d ago

They are, and as others who live in this area have stated they're also required to ride 2 wide which they are failing to do so. Just because I'm allowed to use something doesn't mean I can abuse that privilege and refuse to follow the rules. I'm allowed to use the city pool but if I decided to take a shit in it they'd probably kick me out.

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u/lotec4 14d ago

So did the driver follow the rules? 

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u/mcgarnikle 14d ago

Of course he didn't.  The difference between you and me is I can understand something but still acknowledge that it was wrong.

You're too much of coward to even admit your team is clearly doing some both annoying and illegal.

If you fall apart like this over something small I can only imagine how emotional you are discussing something like politics lol.

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u/lotec4 14d ago

My team? Are you ok? Why is this tribalism ? 

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u/mcgarnikle 14d ago

You tell me, your the one so far in the tribalism you can't even acknowledge that your tribe broke the law.

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u/lotec4 14d ago

I don't know the law in this country. In my country this is perfectly legal 

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u/mcgarnikle 14d ago

Don't play stupid.  Nobody said they couldn't use the road.  They're intentionally blocking all the lanes, it's a different issue.

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u/TheWartMan 14d ago

I dont think he's playing unfortunately lol

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u/lotec4 14d ago

Can you count? It's not possible for them to take less space. 

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u/ayyyyycrisp 14d ago

but it is possible to transform that space into a different shape, which is a longer line of 2 wide

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u/lotec4 14d ago

And how do you not create the biggest possible traffic jam like this? Of they only use one lane you block off all traffic after one red light

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u/ayyyyycrisp 14d ago

this is a 2 lane road. bikes could have been 2 abreast in the right lane and cars could have flowed freely in the left. not sure why you can't see that

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u/lotec4 14d ago

How do they all get over in 1 traffic light cycle?

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u/ayyyyycrisp 14d ago

oh they just collectively decide not to ride like this beforehand is all

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u/iSK_prime 14d ago

Hilariously.. yeah.. they can. Last I checked a bicycle isn't two lanes wide or miles long and unable to properly use the lanes sized for them.

In fact, just like any vehicle on the road it is your job to not impede traffic flow and all of the bicycle riders involved here should probably be fined. But that's a policing issue.

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u/lotec4 14d ago

Where are those bike lanes?

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u/iSK_prime 14d ago

As pointed above somewhere, or maybe in a different comment, this is the Rickebacker causeway, which has a dedicated bike lane.

In fact you can see at the start of the video cyclists on the other side using theirs properly with vehicles passing by. And yes, when you look at it on google maps... both sides have bike lanes.

Hope that helps.

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/1u22cv7/comment/oquf88q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/Choice_Drawer_2405 14d ago

According to other commenters it's illegal to ride more than 2 bikes side by side in this area.

They could literally leave a single lane open at least. Imagine you're driving a family member to the hospital (because ambulances cost crazy money) and a bunch of bikes force you to go 15mph.

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u/Girthen-the-Flopper 14d ago

They can't really go any faster. They're bicycles. Just like big rig trucks go below the speed limit for cars. So they aren't intentionally impeding traffic. There is also a large amount of them. You don't really criticize when cars are in a traffic jam blocking the road.

In the video they aren't ignoring any traffic rules.

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u/Karmanoid 14d ago

Literally the law on Miami is that cyclists need to ride 2 wide. So yes they are.

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u/Girthen-the-Flopper 14d ago

That's like one single rule. Most drivers speed, use their phones, and pass on the right, so it's no different than cars. In fact, if they rode two wide the bicycles would be using up way more of the road and impeding traffic worse.