Under the current law, cyclists and street legal golf carts are just as entitled to use the roads as you are. As the overtaking vehicle, you are required to pass in a safe and legal manner. That means using your turn signals and giving cyclists at least 3 feet of clearance. Also, under the law, there is no minimum speed for cyclists. I am sorry that other people are inconveniencing you but we live in a society where many resources, paid for with tax dollars, are meant to be shared by the community. Slow down, enjoy the ride, and share the roads with the rest of the fine people in our beautiful community. You can, of course, work to change the law but those of us who pay taxes that help maintain the roads will work against any such change. Your suggestion of a minimum speed limit of 28 mph would exclude cyclists from using the roads.
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Originally Posted by sunnyatlast
With the volume of traffic on Morse and Buena Vista, there should be a minimum speed for EVERYONE on wheels to obey.
It is absolutely ridiculous, when both lanes are full of cars moving along steadily, to come up behind a wobbly bicyclist or reclining bicyclist 1 foot above ground and plodding along at 12 mph! They stall everybody. Same thing with a street legal cart lollygagging along at 22mph when dozens of cars are stalled behind them. CLUELESS!
Minimum speed should be something like 28 if speed limit is 35.
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