Originally Posted by
randya
I second Bek, if there are fifty cyclists together going 15 mph, that is the speed of traffic at that time and place and the motorists need to slow down..
I'd, too, agree that 50 cyclists on the road together would constitute the speed of traffic at that time and place. I, however, do not agree that a single cyclist cannot impede traffic as Bob Mionske has argued. Any vehicle can impede traffic provided they meet the requirements of the minimum speed law. A single vehicle can impede traffic. The law, in some states, is very clear about this.
The Selz case where this argument was upheld (that traffic cannot impede traffic) happened on a multilane roadway. In that specific situation, traffic, per the law, cannot be impeded as there is always an available same direction passing lane.