{"id":55445,"date":"2023-04-26T07:20:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T06:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/?p=55445"},"modified":"2023-04-26T07:20:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T06:20:44","slug":"cyclist-ventures-onto-the-rapida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/cyclist-ventures-onto-the-rapida\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist ventures onto the Rapida!","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offence causes surprise among drivers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/04\/cyclist-1-360x202.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclist using the Rapida\" class=\"wp-image-55447 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/04\/cyclist-1-360x202.jpg\" alt=\"Cyclist using the Rapida\" class=\"wp-image-55447\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cyclist-1-360x202.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cyclist-1-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cyclist-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cyclist-1.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JM reported online yesterday that a cyclist had &#8216;adventured&#8217; onto the Rapida, in the direction from Cani\u00e7o towards Funchal, in the section right after Cancela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unusual surprised the drivers who circulated on this road since this constitutes an offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moment was photographed and later shared on social media, where several Internet users highlighted the danger of the cyclist&#8217;s act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was not known whether the police were called to intervene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comments from locals in the newspaper seem to express frustration with cyclists, who, having taken over the roads, are now taking over the expressway. Having said that you could see the attraction &#8211; a steady downhill run like that could shave hours off the journey compared to using the alternative old roads<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Blog fault: After the latest upgrade some users are finding that they have to hit the \u201cRefresh\u201d button to load images correctly. Hopefully, the problem will be fixed shortly, and thanks for your patience in the meantime.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-global-color-16-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVID-19 in Madeira:&nbsp;<\/strong>updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/covid-19-madeira-still-with-high-transmissibility\/\">earlier&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/covid-19-cases-continue-to-fall-2\/\">post<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madeiraisland.news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap-360x156.png\" alt=\"Alcohol meter\" class=\"wp-image-49362 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap-360x156.png\" alt=\"Alcohol meter\" class=\"wp-image-49362\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap-360x156.png 360w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap-500x217.png 500w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap.png 1233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-000000-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">All the incidental news from Madeira \u2013 up to 60 reports per day \u2013 is being continually picked up automatically, translated, and instantly posted on our sister website,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/madeiraisland.news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">madeiraislandnews<\/a>, no matter how trivial<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offence causes surprise among drivers JM reported online yesterday that a cyclist had &#8216;adventured&#8217; onto the Rapida, in the direction from Cani\u00e7o towards Funchal, in the section right after Cancela. The unusual surprised the drivers who circulated on this road since this constitutes an offence. The moment was photographed and later shared on social media, where several Internet users highlighted the danger of the cyclist&#8217;s act. It was not known whether the police were called to intervene. Comments from locals in the newspaper seem to express frustration with cyclists, who, having taken over the roads, are now taking over the expressway. Having said that you could see the attraction &#8211; a steady downhill run like that could shave hours off the journey compared to using the alternative old roads Blog fault: After the latest upgrade some users are finding that they have to hit the \u201cRefresh\u201d button to load images correctly. Hopefully, the problem will be fixed shortly, and thanks for your patience in the meantime. COVID-19 in Madeira:&nbsp;updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier&nbsp;post All the incidental news from Madeira \u2013 up to 60 reports per day \u2013 is being continually picked up automatically, translated, and instantly posted on our sister website,&nbsp;madeiraislandnews, no matter how trivial<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":5,"featured_media":55446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-island-regional-people-headlines","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}