Hundreds of Warnings
and a Few Tickets—So Far
CHIEF LEE: WE HAVE BEEN
FOCUSING ON EDUCATING
BICYCLISTS— BUT THAT PERIOD
IS ENDING. A TICKET FOR
RUNNING A STOP SIGN OR A RED
LIGHT ON A BICYCLE IS $231
by Dennis Reeves Cooper
If you drive a car or a truck
in Old Town Key West, you are
probably aware of the “scofflaw
bicyclist” problem. Lots of people
ride bicycles in Key West.
And that’s a good thing. But
many (not all) bicyclists here
routinely run red lights and stop
signs and pedal the wrong way
down one-way streets. These
scofflaws not only endanger
themselves, they also endanger
others around them.
Just two weeks ago, a 53-
year-old man was killed when
he abruptly veered his bicycle
off the sidewalk on North Roosevelt
Boulevard and onto the
road without checking to see
if there was any on-coming
traffic. Unfortunately for the
scofflaw bicyclist, there was
some on-coming traffic—a big
tractor trailer rig. The bicyclist
ran into the side of the truck.
He was pronounced dead at
the scene.
Last year, an elderly man
rode his bike through a stop sign
on 11th Street and out into traffic
on Flagler Avenue. He died on
the way to the hospital.
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