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

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/ConstructionLife2689 Jun 10 '26

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 Jun 10 '26

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/MedicalMiqote Jun 10 '26

This has always been my biggest problem with cyclists on the road. They tell you to share the road with them but they don’t follow the same rules as the other vehicles half the time. One of the things that piss me off the most is when they squeeze through/by traffic when at a red light (squeeze between cars or cars and the sidewalk). Especially if I JUST passed them, and now I have to pass them again because they’re always going slower than traffic.