Originally Posted by wsbob
If the picture truly does reflect an example of why a majority of Floridians became interested in creating a law whose purpose was, as some people apparently think it was...to unreasonably confine bike traffic to bike lanes, it might interesting to see the history on that
one needs look no further than the originator of that photo, Keri Caffery and her blog for the explanation.... it's tragic that such aggrandizing road behavior as pictured in the above photo prompted state legislators to censure bicyclists with a MBL law, but its very clear the riders most outspoken about their lane position were directly responsible for the legal censure.
Originally Posted by commuteorlando
The Cape Coral republican says he inserted the bike lane mandate after a fellow lawmaker brought a south Florida cycling problem to his attention, “along A1A they were having some challenges with cyclists who were choosing not to ride in that lane and causing backups and traffic. In that case it will give law enforcement the ability to require cyclists to move over and stay in the bike lane rather than to simply choose to ride in the road instead.”
It's apparantly a morass of their own devising. its a shame aggrandizing club cyclists have made quite the mess for the rest of florida cyclists.
Keri Caffery's blog on why florida cyclists got the MBL law