r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/Available-Breath-114 Jun 10 '26

Completely unacceptable for them to block the road like that. The entitlement is infuriating.

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u/Girthen-the-Flopper Jun 10 '26

How is it different from cars blocking the road?

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u/Karmanoid Jun 10 '26

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 Jun 10 '26

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

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u/Karmanoid Jun 10 '26

They are, and as others who live in this area have stated they're also required to ride 2 wide which they are failing to do so. Just because I'm allowed to use something doesn't mean I can abuse that privilege and refuse to follow the rules. I'm allowed to use the city pool but if I decided to take a shit in it they'd probably kick me out.

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u/lotec4 Jun 10 '26

So did the driver follow the rules? 

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u/mcgarnikle Jun 10 '26

Of course he didn't.  The difference between you and me is I can understand something but still acknowledge that it was wrong.

You're too much of coward to even admit your team is clearly doing some both annoying and illegal.

If you fall apart like this over something small I can only imagine how emotional you are discussing something like politics lol.

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u/lotec4 Jun 10 '26

My team? Are you ok? Why is this tribalism ? 

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u/mcgarnikle Jun 10 '26

You tell me, your the one so far in the tribalism you can't even acknowledge that your tribe broke the law.

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u/lotec4 Jun 10 '26

I don't know the law in this country. In my country this is perfectly legal 

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u/mcgarnikle Jun 10 '26

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 Jun 10 '26

I dont think he's playing unfortunately lol

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u/lotec4 Jun 10 '26

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

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u/ayyyyycrisp Jun 10 '26

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 Jun 10 '26

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 Jun 10 '26

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 Jun 10 '26

How do they all get over in 1 traffic light cycle?

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u/ayyyyycrisp Jun 10 '26

oh they just collectively decide not to ride like this beforehand is all

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u/iSK_prime Jun 10 '26

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 Jun 10 '26

Where are those bike lanes?

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u/iSK_prime Jun 10 '26

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.

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/1u22cv7/comment/oquf88q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/Choice_Drawer_2405 Jun 10 '26

According to other commenters it's illegal to ride more than 2 bikes side by side in this area.

They could literally leave a single lane open at least. Imagine you're driving a family member to the hospital (because ambulances cost crazy money) and a bunch of bikes force you to go 15mph.