We all drive in a yellow submarine-shaped contraption, if a new video out of Florida is to be believed.
The neon-colored vehicle that captured drivers‘ attention last week was actually a bicycle, according to Michael Ruede, a driver who captured footage of the bike in action as it tore off down U.S. Route 41 in Punta Gorda, Florida.
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“I said, ‘What the heck is this?'” Ruede said in an interview with a local NBC affiliate. “If there was somebody in there, they had to be laying back.”
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The bicycle is supposedly a recumbent bicycle, where the rider is in a reclining position.
Michael Holm, the owner of Fort Myers Cyclery, told the outlet that the bike in question would cost anywhere more than $20,000 and the submarine hood-of-sorts helps boost its aerodynamics.
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While the mysterious cyclist wasn’t stopped on this particular trip, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper said he likely would have pulled the person over to discuss extra safety precautions that could be taken.
Florida law states that vehicles must share the road with bicyclists but guides riders to take precautions when traveling below the normal speed of traffic, such as traveling in a bicycle lane if there is one or close to the right-hand curb to limit risks.
