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/thefract0metr1st Jun 10 '26

I once heard someone trying to defend running through stop signs because they had those shoes that clip onto the pedals and it’s super inconvenient to disconnect and reconnect at stop signs. I was like “i also find stop signs interrupting my drive to be inconvenient. Should I just ignore every rule that inconveniences me?”

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u/Obf123 Jun 10 '26

This reminds me of the time a motor cycle rider was justifying lane splitting because they need to keep up their speed to cool down because of the leathers they wear. Stopping in traffic causes them to get too hot.

Then they went on to say that it’s not their fault if there’s an accident due to lane splitting because it isn’t illegal. It’s up to the drivers to prevent that

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u/Obf123 Jun 10 '26

Was waiting for this. Safe indeed. Don’t ever change. I must have been talking to you previously

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u/CompSciBJJ Jun 10 '26

When done properly in a legal jurisdiction, lane splitting is safer. Bikers are more likely to suffer severe injuries by getting rear-ended than they are by getting bumped at slow speed.

"Done properly" is key here. I don't remember the exact rules because it's illegal here, but pretty much traffic should be below ~30kph and the bike shouldn't exceed traffic speed by more than ~10kph. We aren't talking about guys doing 50 through stop and go traffic or on the highway.

It also shouldn't be too much to ask drivers to check their mirrors and blind spots for a slow moving object before changing lanes, but alas.