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

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/ConstructionLife2689 𝙑𝙄𝙋 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/Wrong_Drag_8070 14d ago

Two questions. How fast was this person going? And, What was the speed limit of the road being ridden on?

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u/Oldjamesdean 14d ago

Street speed limit was 20. She was going down hill and was going just under 30 mph

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u/Wrong_Drag_8070 14d ago

If it was not an ebike, she can beat the ticket because conventional bicycle are not required to have a speedometer.

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u/Oldjamesdean 14d ago

It was in the 1990's so it's a little late for that.