Originally Posted by mprelaw

Now you're just making a ridiculous analogy. Not wearing a helmet, in a mandatory helmet jurisdiction, is more akin to not wearing a seat belt. Cop stops a car and lets the driver off with a warning and a "buckle up", happens a lot. 2 miles down the road, if that same cop sees the same driver in violation again, a ticket is being issued, and if the driver speeds away when the cop lights him up, he's getting arrested. In fact, an officer has the authority to order a car with defective safety equipment towed (the equivalent to telling someone to walk the bike the rest of the way), and this happens more than you probably realize.

Look. As much as it cuts against the grain of this idiotic forum, bicyclists are sometimes in the wrong, and do indefensible things. This was one of those occasions.