Originally Posted by
TheHen
The most significant risks I face on my bike are from lawless behavior by motorists. Those risks could be substantially reduced or eliminated by vigorous enforcement of the traffic laws. It would be hypocritical of me to ask law enforcement to selectively enforce the traffic laws. Therefore, I have no problem with cyclists receiving citations for moving violations. If we want lawful behavior on the roads, we can't say everyone except us needs to obey the laws.
This.
Cars can't legally run stop signs, and cars get ticketed for illegally running stop signs.
Don't tell me it doesn't matter that you're on a bike, and that the law that says you can't run a stop sign is stupid, and so you're going to do it anyway, and you shouldn't be ticketed for it. You are going to pay the fine. They can't take your license away for it, but you can go ahead and make the city rich if you like.