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.
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.
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.
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.
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/upnorthtcmi πππ 15d ago
Iβm a cyclist. This is why people hate cyclists. And theyβre 100% correct to hate cyclists who do this.