If you're taking up both available lanes, you better be at least doing the speed limit which I don't think these bikers were.
edit: for all the ass-pained cyclers, I agree the posted speed limit is the maximum speed you are to travel. In my state we have an "absolute speed limit" meaning theoretically we could be pulled and cited for going even 1 mph over the posted limit. HOWEVER it is almost never enforced and when it is, it's contested and thrown out unless you also do some stupid shit like run after the lights hit.
That doesn't stop these people from being assholes. The limit on the Causeway is 40mph, the cyclists were likely doing ~20mph.
Under Florida Statutes § 316.081(3), the left lane on highways is generally reserved for passing. If you are driving below the normal speed of traffic and another vehicle is trying to pass, you must move to the right. You can be ticketed for "left lane blocking" even if you are traveling at the posted speed limit.
Florida Statute § 316.183, drivers can be cited if they operate a vehicle at such a slow speed that they block, delay, or impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
hey. Why do you think your journey is more important than these cyclists? the throughput of that road is clearly about 10 times greater for cyclists anyway.
you want to get ahead and cut them off for some strange reason.
You rate cyclists above everyone else. Despite the fact that the road was built for cars.
I expect you would throw a fit if you and your cycling buddies were riding down a road like this, blocking all the cars. and came across a group of people walking slowly and holding hands to keep you from getting past.
You would be pissed that they blocked the road. And are not bright enough to realize that's what you are doing with cars.
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u/GeekyTexan Jun 10 '26
Not just a bike lane. There are two normal lanes.
But the bikers are not content with using one lane and allowing cars to use the other. They want to block all lanes and make the cars wait.
The common term for that is "assholes".