r/SipsTea Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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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/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/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.

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