{"id":1010131,"date":"2022-03-04T00:27:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T00:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/04\/watch-unusual-submarine-shaped-vehicle-spotted-on-florida-road\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T00:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T00:27:13","slug":"watch-unusual-submarine-shaped-vehicle-spotted-on-florida-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/04\/watch-unusual-submarine-shaped-vehicle-spotted-on-florida-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Unusual, submarine-shaped vehicle spotted on Florida road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Unusual-submarine-shaped-vehicle-spotted-on-Florida-road.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"dBM2zuAhlnU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mystery ride distracts drivers on US 41 in Punta Gorda\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dBM2zuAhlnU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">March 3 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> An unusual submarine-shaped vehicle that captured the attention of drivers on a Florida road was identified as an enclosed recumbent bicycle.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Ruede captured video when he spotted the bright yellow vehicle, which he compared to a &#8220;spaceship,&#8221; on U.S. 41 in Punta Gorda.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ruede said the vehicle was very low to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there was somebody in there, they had to be lying back,&#8221; he told WBBH-TV.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Holm, owner of Fort Myers Cyclery, said the vehicle appears to be a recumbent bicycle &#8212; a bike in which the rider leans backward &#8212; with an expensive cover.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would expect in the excess of $20,000,&#8221; Holm said.<\/p>\n<p>Ruede said the bike had a blinking red light, but became difficult to see once it was next to his car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is like begging to get hit or run over,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Ken Watson said bicycles are allowed on U.S. 41, but he would have stopped the rider to discuss the visibility issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re putting yourself in a very dangerous situation,&#8221; Watson said. &#8220;With that bike being so small and so low to the ground, it can be very difficult to see.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>He said the rider could have also been cited for holding up traffic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have every right to be there, but we want them to be safely there,&#8221; Watson said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 3 (UPI) &#8212; An unusual submarine-shaped vehicle that captured the attention of drivers on a Florida road was identified as an enclosed recumbent bicycle. Michael Ruede captured video when he spotted the bright yellow vehicle, which he compared to a &#8220;spaceship,&#8221; on U.S. 41 in Punta Gorda. Ruede said the vehicle was very low [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1010132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1010131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-odd-but-true"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}