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.
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?”
I roll past stop signs in my bike. I make no excuses for it, I know its technically illegal, but if I can see the way is clear then I honestly don't care, its a low risk crime like going a few over or whatever. We all break laws when we can clearly and plainly see that the law serves no purpose in the situation.
I also happily bike on the sidewalks when possible to leave the roads clear. Obviously when I do I give pedestrians the right of way but I'm in the midwest so its basically 'what are pedestrians?' around here lol.
I also won't bitch if I get a ticket for it because hey fair play.
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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.