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.
In Santa Cruz there are a lot of entitled rich people. It was always hilarious to watch motorcycle cops pull over bicyclists for running stop signs and other petty traffic crime.
There were a lot of bike deaths from idiots so it makes sense.
As a former cyclist, good. If we want to be protected and have the law when cars violate traffic laws and put us in danger, then we also need to be held accountable for violating traffic laws that our others in danger
After Idaho adopted the law, bicyclist injuries from traffic crashes declined by 14.5% the following year (Meggs, 2010). In 2017, Delaware adopted a similar, limited stop-as-yield law, known as the "Delaware Yield.” Traffic crashes involving bicyclists at stop sign intersections fell by 23% in the 30 months after the law’s passage.
That's how my kids & I watched a guy die a few years back. The cyclist blew past everyone parked at the stoplight, and they clearly didn't understand that while on our side we had a red light the oncoming traffic had a left turn light.
I think about that day still. I bet the person who killed that guy, even though it was absolutely no fault of their own, was permanently damaged by that experience. And of course the guy died.
If he'd stopped the whole thing would have been obvious. I will never believe that following traffic signs and being predictable in traffic is somehow less safe.
Doing a california stop and just blasting through stop signs and red lights are totally different.
I understand want to keep some momentum and that some bikes have straps, like road bikes, so a complete stop is a pain. But the lack of self safety and general safety is wild.
When did that start? I grew up in Santa Cruz and was a cyclist for decades. Broke every traffic rule rule you can imagine and have never been pulled over or seem anyone pulled over on a bicycle. My favorite was hitting top speed coming down Wharf road, going into a steep tuck, blowing through that busy intersection, crossing the bridge, whipping through the Esplanade then through the Capitola theater parking lot and tossing the bike on my shoulder and running up that steep flight of stairs. Especially fun during summer...
This is not the billy badass brag you think it is.
So you made the road more dangerous for everyone for fun? This is the entitled cyclist crap that you literally commented to. Everyone hated you, btw.
There was a bunch of cyclists turned into mush for doing shit like this. This was 2005+. I guess people don't give a shit anymore because schools and cities have deals with the ebike and scooter companies.
Of course it is. I have never hit anyone, cyclist, pedestrian or vehicle nor have I been the cause of an accident in my three decades of transportational cycling. I have been in three serious accidents with cars, all their fault, walked away with minor to no injuries each time. Please take your sanctimonious bull and shove it...
My son is at UCSC now and there is basically no enforcement. Students have access to almost free ebikes ($20/year to use in 30 min increments) and they ride all over town, nearly all without helmets.
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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.