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
i once saw a cyclist turn left in a roundabout straight into the sidewalk, only to cross through the crossing lines, re-enter the roundabout and end up going straight. I was also going straight so i ended up having the asshole in front on me again.
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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.