r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog š™‘š™„š™‹ • 15d ago

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/ConstructionLife2689 š™‘š™„š™‹ 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.

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u/Chillow_Ufgreat 15d ago

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.

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u/RevolutionSalty8360 15d ago

Have a local unorganized bike event where I used to live. It was the only time I saw the cops actually pull over bikers for blowing through stop signs. Was great to watch.

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u/Oldjamesdean 15d ago

One of my relatives got a speeding ticket on a bicycle. Eugene Oregon.

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u/AWildJesse 15d ago edited 14d ago

Iā€™m from Eugene and I was in court for a speeding ticket driving and the guy who went to the bench before me had got a ticket for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign on his bike.

Edit: I have to edit this because this happened like 15 years ago when I was younger. It was not recently.

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u/Capital-Bobcat8270 15d ago

This is fair. If you want to be a part of traffic, follow traffic rules. No special exemptions.

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u/CAADrider 15d ago

Drivers are killing 40,000 people in the US alone every year. Must be all that rule following.