Originally Posted by
bboysubhuman
you don't need a license to ride a bike. how can they give you points if you don't have one?
Believe it or not, many bicycle riders over 16 in the U.S. own and/or drive motor vehicles and therefore are required to have a driver's license. It is irrelevant that a bicyclist does not need that license on his person when bicycling. It is not necessary for a law officer to see the driver's license to use its number when writing a bicycling ticket. Dispatch Radios and computers in car can obtain that info.
The problem of assigning points is a non-issue only if the bicyclist doesn't have a driver's license at all or the state does not allow assigning points for traffic violation while bicycling.