I really get a kick out of the "Vehicular Cyclists;" they'd probably ticket themselves if they ran a traffic light. For my experience as a 56 yo bike commuter, and in DC no less (the worst traffic imaginable with the greatest percentage of third world cab drivers), the only way to travel is aggressively forgoing any immediate 'legal' consideration. My position is that we are not Motor Vehicles, we have no relationship to motor vehicles, and are simply pedestrians on bicycles. I don't scare people in intersections, I don't threaten car fenders with collisions: I'm as wide as my shoulders, can stop and maneuver far better than cars, can see 360 degrees with a little bending, and am higher up and can see far better that drivers.

A 15-30 ish pound mechanical contrivance does not make us motorized, nor does being in roadway make us have to adhere to motor vehicle standards.

Back to VC's; they might be out there stopped behind and in front of cars in a left turn lane (saw that today) waiting for the light to turn with no approaching or perpendicular traffic. If there was traffic, I really doubt that the same drivers that are always and everywhere around think to themselves "Hey, there's a vehicular cyclist out in the middle of the road, I'm not going to run him over with my 2000 lb motor motor vehicle!!" No, your static presence is actually more of a threat to yourself. Get out ahead of the traffic and get visible and moving, stay moving, take the sidewalk when you want. Gauge how many other less mobile pedestrians are on the sidewalk ahead, get back into to street, no traffic, safe?, blast through that red light... There are so many times when I just could tell that frustrated drivers were looking in real appreciation of now seeing a way to beat traffic: few are threatened by our ability to 'make progress.' Maybe that'll ironically get more people to get out on these contrivances and appreciate us as PEDestrians !!! Is in coincidence that Pedal and Pedestrian are the same root: we're not motor vehicles!!