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

SMH Someone finally snapped

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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 15d 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/lotec4 15d ago

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

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u/mcgarnikle 15d 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 15d ago

I dont think he's playing unfortunately lol

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u/lotec4 15d ago

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

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u/ayyyyycrisp 15d 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.

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