Local bicyclists aren't happy about an entry that depicted a vehicle hitting a bike and rider at the annual Doo Dah Parade. The black sport utility vehicle had a bike affixed to the front of it and a pair of stuffed legs draped over the roof. A neon green sign on the passenger door read: "I'll share the road when you follow the rules." Bicyclists said the float advocated for violence against them. Parade organizers said it was satire and in character with a parade that often has harsh political messaging at its center.

Local bicyclists aren�t happy about an entry that depicted a vehicle hitting a bike and rider at the annual Doo Dah Parade.

The black sport utility vehicle had a bike affixed to the front of it and a pair of stuffed legs draped over the roof. A neon green sign on the passenger door read: �I�ll share the road when you follow the rules.�

Bicyclists said the float advocated for violence against them. Parade organizers said it was satire and in character with a parade that often has harsh political messaging at its center.

�It�s freedom of speech. If it stirred up reaction, I guess he had a good political message,� said Deb Roberts, Mz Doo Dah. �I think it was satire against those bicyclists who don�t obey traffic laws.�

Roberts said she doesn�t know who designed or drove the float because Doo Dah doesn�t require registration.

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�If it�s satire, it was pretty poorly executed,� said Catherine Girves, executive director of Yay Bikes. �This was about bullying. The truth of the matter is, no motorist wants to hit a cyclist� To make people afraid to be on the road is a really effective strategy in getting your way.�

Girves said the man driving the float also was using duct tape to cover sharrows -- pavement markings that tell bicyclists where to ride and car drivers that bikes will be on the road -- along the parade route.

So what do you think? Is this simply an expression of free speech, or did it cross the line?