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Originally Posted by tuccillo

The rules of the road are essentially the same for cyclists as cars. In a circumstance where a car would have the right of way, a cyclist would also. Cyclists do not need to stay on the shoulder (in fact that is a dangerous place to be) and can occupy an entire lane. There is no requirement based on posted speed. You should think of cyclists (as well as street legal golf carts) as slow moving cars.

Here is the Florida Statute.

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Would this part of the statute not mean that it is the duty of the person riding the bike in the roadway to maintain the posted speed limit?

(1) Every person propelling a vehicle by human power has all of the rights and all of the duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this chapter, except as to special regulations in this chapter, and except as to provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application.

Is this part of the Statute not in conflict with the highlighted part of your post above?

(5)(a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride in the lane marked for bicycle use or, if no lane is marked for bicycle use, as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any of the following situations:
1. When overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction.

2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

3. When reasonably necessary to avoid any condition or potential conflict, including, but not limited to, a fixed or moving object, parked or moving vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, animal, surface hazard, turn lane, or substandard-width lane, which makes it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge or within a bicycle lane. For the purposes of this subsection, a “substandard-width lane” is a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle and another vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.

Thanx for your opinion.