In several municipalities throughout Palm Beach County cyclists are meeting with leaders who are considering new legislation to restrict riding.

“It’s not just Jupiter Island,” Jim Smith, co-founder of Safety As Floridians Expect, a bike safety group in Delray Beach, told the Palm Beach Post. “Delray Beach, Boca Raton – lots of communities are trying to reach a compromise to make bike riding safer and motorists happier.”

The Post paraphrased Jupiter Island Police Chief Ted Gonzalez: “Bicycle riders blocking traffic when they ride four and five abreast, not pulling over for ambulances and buzzing beyond the 30 mph speed limit along South County Road caused the Jupiter Island Commission to consider the restrictions.”

Cyclists, on the other hand, claim they obey traffic laws.

To read the Post’s article, click here.