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Old 02-02-2013, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by ohhappyday View Post
... I've seen two bicyclists riding side by side taking up an entire lane not to mention the packs. So fellow bicyclists...come on now get with it ...
Under some circumstances it is legal and not an inconvenience to motor vehicles for cyclists to ride 2 abreast or, otherwise, take the lane. The applicable law is FL316.2065(6). I'll quote from the Florida Bicycle Law Enforcement Guide: "In a lane "too narrow for a bicycle and another vehicle to travel safely side by side" passing cyclists "at a safe distance" requires use of the next lane. In this case, cyclists riding two abreast cause no additional impediment to traffic."

The Florida standard width for a lane that allows a motor vehicle and a bike to share a lane is 14 feet (the area to the right of the white line does not count). There are quite a few roads here in TV that are less than that width.
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