Had an incident a few weeks ago here locally where a cyclist got hit on a bike. Can't remember if it was fatal or not to be honest. It created a nice little local social media pillow fight on FB in the comments section of the local news outlet that posted the online story. There is a small group of cyclists who (in protest) are supposedly going to begin taking up the entire lane and not moving when automobiles approach them from behind. I laughed when I read that because that's been the biggest issue with cyclists in our area for years. Louisiana law (regarding cyclists) states that they have the same rights as a motorized vehicle. However, they are required to make a reasonable effort to move to the far right of the lane in which they travel, allowing all motorized vehicles the room to pass without having to cross lanes. Here is where the problem has been around here. When quoting the law these cyclists routinely and conveniently leave the second component of that law out.
These weekend warriors, Tour De France wannabes, get together in big groups and take up the entire lane for literally miles upon miles at a time in their fake sponsorship patched spandex. They impede the flow of traffic and refuse to make any form of "reasonable effort" to get over and allow motor vehicles to safely pass. Just last week I was taking my daughter to violin practice and low and behold we approach about 20 cyclists traveling in a group on a rural road taking up the entire lane. I slowed my vehicle down allowing for someone in the group to notice and signal to the rest of the group to move over. Didn't happen. So I lightly tapped my horn to let them know someone was behind needing to get by. There were solid double yellow lines for several miles so I couldn't legally pass. Not a one of those dbags moved. I wanted to get my phone out and video to send in to sheriff's station. But I was driving and my daughter was in the back seat. I didn't want to put us in an unsafe situation just trying to video someone else breaking the law. It drives me nuts.