We have a saying out west that goes something like 'you don't tear down a fence without knowing why it was there in the first place.' Same applies to laws and rules for travelers on streets. Sure there are lots of laws that don't apply to cyclists but there are plenty that do. Stopping at traffic control devices is one of the rules that does apply to cyclists. Especially oblivious cyclists who don't even look before they blow stoplights and signs in front of cyclists with the right of way on the through street, or ride on the wrong side of the road while making a left hand turn right into the path of a cyclist attempting to turn onto the street that the idiot was on, or go around a stopped cyclists making a left hand turn - with a hand signal out - right into the path of a car that the stopped cyclists was waiting for. All of these have happen to me just recently because someone decided 'I break laws'.