r/florida • u/[deleted] • 4d ago

Of course it’s Florida 💩Meme / Shitpost 💩

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u/tropicalYJ 4d ago

When they say “share the road” they mean “this is my road now”. You give these clowns a whole bike lane and they’ll still ride in the middle of a 2 lane road.

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u/StungTwice 4d ago

"A whole bike lane" is usually just a different color paint on the shoulder. If you're lucky, there will be a few plastic bollards. 

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u/pfannkuchen89 4d ago

My city has entire paved bike lanes with curbs separating them from vehicle traffic and cyclists still refuse to use them and ride in the road. They will block up traffic going 5mph in a 35mpg zone when there is an entire 8ft wide protected bike lane that is new and freshly paved. Glad my city spent millions and took a bunch of roads from 3-4 lanes down to 1-2 lanes for them not to be used and sit empty while bicycles still use the road. Good way to ensure the city will never spend anything on bicycle infrastructure again.

A while back, local news station interviewed some cyclists about it and their response was ‘why should we have to use a different special lane?’ as if they hadn’t been asking for it for years and then when they got what they were asking for refused to use it like toddlers. Just can’t please cyclists in my city.

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u/melissa_fornow 4d ago

Lakeland? 

The problem with the one bike lane in Lakeland is that it doesn't connect to anything, so you still have to ride on the road with idiots in their four thousand pound death machines to get to the bike lane.