THE TRAFFIC LAWS THAT APPLY TO
AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS ALSO
APPLY TO BICYCLE RIDERS
CHIEF: SCOFFLAW BICYCLISTS
HAVE NOT FEARED ENFORCEMENT.
THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE
KWTN Team Report
Anyone who drives a car
in Key West knows that the
problem of scofflaw bicyclists
is virtually out of control. Many,
if not most bicyclists here routinely
run red lights and stop
signs and travel the wrong way
down one-way streets. In doing
this, they not only endanger themselves, they endanger others
around them.
Several weeks ago, on
Sunday morning, May 2, a
motor scooter operator was
seriously injured trying to avoid
hitting a bicyclist who had
blown through a stop sign on
Caroline at Whitehead Streets.
The scooter operator, Mark
Miller, 59, suffered two broken
ribs, a collapsed lung, a broken
collarbone and lots of bruises
and abrasions. At the hospital,
he underwent surgery to put a
plate on his collarbone.
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