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So many things to consider...
Talk to your fellow co-workers and discover
what
they think about cyclists. Many of them have negative feedback
stating,
"They take up the road... I have to wait so long to pass them, it's
aggravating..." These are some of the comments you'll get. One
idiotic group is "Critical Mass"
that
rides the last Friday of every month and travels the street of Gainesville
taking up entire lanes, blocking traffic, yelling at drivers, cutting cars
off
and causing a whole lot of distention with our fellow 4 wheelers.
They do
this in an effort to show drivers to "Share the Road" with bicycles.
They
actually think they're doing us fellow cyclists a good thing by making
drivers
aware that they have to share the road. All they are really
accomplishing
is having a good time with their friends while making drivers hate cyclists
even
more. They remind me of rioters in Miami that start rioting, looting,
and
causing property damage to their own neighborhoods, not because their
protesting
something, it's because they can, and they have fun doing it. Thank
goodness there is some recent press about this group and I hope GPD puts an
end
to this type of behavior. Please support GPD and their enforcement of
the
riders in this Critical Mass group. I hope, as a GCC member, you do
not
ride with this group or support them in anyway unless they change their
tactics,
such as riding WITH traffic and sharing the road, no blocking it and
yelling at
drivers, just because "they can".
On another note, the Florida Law pertaining to
vehicles passing non-motorized vehicles with at least 3-foot clearance can
be
found in 2006->Ch0316->Section%20083#0316.083">F.S.
316.083. This was approved by the Governor on 6/22/06 as
2006 House
Bill 7079 and takes effect 10/1/2006. This still
states, "A
violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable
as a
moving violation as provided in chapter 318." This means the officer
has
to witness the violation in order to issue a citation. For some
reason the
only time I ever see an officer watch someone doing something wrong is when
they're watching me.
The best way to change the laws are to speak
with
your Legislators. You can find you Legislators here.
Just had to put in my two
cents...
Mike
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