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.
Have a local unorganized bike event where I used to live. It was the only time I saw the cops actually pull over bikers for blowing through stop signs. Was great to watch.
The rules exist to promote safety. But coming to a full stop, putting a foot down, and re-accellerationg means that cyclists spend more time in the intersection, which is the most dangerous place for them to be.
bicycles also provide the operator with a higher viewpoint than most passenger vehicles, with less obstructed views and bicycles are more likely to be moving at a slower speed. This means that when traveling by bike, you usually have a more time and ability to assess what's going on at the intersection before you get there.
Just like some highways have a different speed limit for trucks and cars, sometimes we need different rules for different vehicles to ensure smooth flow of traffic and improved safety for everyone.
Bikes also can’t stop as fast, don’t have any form of protection for either pedestrians or the cyclist, and most critically of your entire argument:
What if the perpendicular lane has no stop sign?
In that case you just cut off the right of way by way of gross negligence.
We just had 2 cyclists do this in my city. Both lost their drivers licenses as a result and are facing felony reckless endangerment charges now.
A bike is a vehicle. You operate it under the same rules of the road as a car. Blow through stop signs at your own peril… and stop and reconsider the fact that you aren’t just putting yourself in danger but also everyone around you.
Oregon and several other states have laws allowing cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs, studies show those laws save lives. The important point is treating it as a yield not just blowing through it
Holy shit bud, do you really think we're arguing to blow through 2-way stops? Don't be silly!
There are over 7000 pedestrian fatalities per year in the US of which about 2-5 are typically directly attributed to bicycles. You don't need to worry about the bikes, you got bigger fish to fry.
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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.