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Originally Posted by Chazz
I should have checked this myself. I just visited flbikelaw.org and to my surprise the legal interpretation is that each bike (vehicle) has an individual requirement to come to a complete stop at a stop sign, regardless of their being in a group. The operative law is FS 316.123. Here's a link to the discussion of this topic: Cycling Groups at Stop Signs and Red Lights | Florida Bicycle Law
There are some exceptions to this requirement, but they don't seem to apply to every day situations.
To me, it doesn't make a lot of sense because, if strictly applied, car drivers following a large group would be severely inconvenienced as each bicyclist stopped consecutively, before proceeding through the intersection, rather than as a unit. I'm glad that I don't normally ride in such groups. |
But wouldn't everyone be taking turns? Like, a cyclist stops, car goes, next car stops, cyclist goes, etc.? I still think it's ridiculous to make them all stop individually, but I don't see where this would hold up a car waiting at a stop sign.
If the car had the stop sign and the cyclists didn't, then too bad for the car. I've waited minutes to get a clear shot to turn left out of Tamarind Grove onnto St. Charles at "rush hour."