[buggyone]

I am wondering WHY someone brings back a thread from 2011? There have been plenty of recent posts about bicycles and this just seems redundant.

[paulandjean]

Originally Posted by BentBoy

What police? I have been here for over a year and probably have only seen police pull over a couple of vehicles? I think it has something to do with living here. No one wants to be hassled. After all, this is fantasy land. Nothing bad should happen here.

Police pull over drivers all the time in the villages. Everyday I will see police running radar. If you want to see police in action just drive down to 466A, you will see plenty there and around the villages. Think they must lead the state in tickets given out in this area.

[dah1020]

Have experienced many times cyclists thinking they own the road, they travel in a pack and take up the whole lane of traffic. And forget about the round abouts that is even worse when they enter the round abouts. THEY THINK THEY HAVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF WAY.

[Chazz]

Originally Posted by dah352

Have experienced many times cyclists thinking they own the road, they travel in a pack and take up the whole lane of traffic. And forget about the round abouts that is even worse when they enter the round abouts. THEY THINK THEY HAVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF WAY.

Welcome to the forum!

I'm a cyclist and I have experienced the same thing that you have described, from other cyclists both when I am on my recumbent trike and in my car. It's not the vehicle type, but the driver/rider who think that they own the road. Remember, most of these cyclists also drive cars.

On a technical note, according to Florida law, under some circumstances it is legal (arguably safer) for bike riders to ride 2 abreast in a lane. That applies only when the lane is too narrow to share with a motor vehicle and still provide sufficient space for that motor vehicle to give at least 3 feet of clearance to the cyclist. I don't know why they limit it to only 2 riders, because if the lane is too narrow to be safely shared, why would it matter if there were 3, or 4 (if they could fit in the lane) side by side. Florida standards specify that 14 feet wide is the minimum width (the gutter area to the right of the white line, doesn't count) of a lane that a motor vehicle can share with a bike and still allow 3 or more feet of clearance. For the record, many lanes in TV are well under 14 feet wide, although I haven't measured any.

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by buggyone

I am wondering WHY someone brings back a thread from 2011? There have been plenty of recent posts about bicycles and this just seems redundant.

Aah alas, yet another thread arises from the dead many months after its demise. But hearken my fellow poster and take notice that the one performing thy miraculous feat is but a new poster that hath simply failed to notice the decaying nature of the thread much as many of us well seasoned poster have in days past. Thustly I say, welcome thee new poster, welcome thee and may your future on TOTV be educational and fruitful!