I think if you are on a bike you should play by the same rules as the other people on the road. Stop at a red light and roll through a stop sign. As a drive nothing boils my blood more than the cyclists that blow through stop signs and red lights or ride down the dotted line between lanes when traffic is stopped. Here in Minneapolis people get hit on bikes all the time because they don't stop at reds or riding in and out of traffic, weaving around stopped cars that start to move...ect.

IMO, we should play more by the rules of the cars so that we are all (ideally) playing on the same set of rules to avoid accidents. How do cyclists expect drivers to see them blowing down the ceterline at 25 mph when they are at a stand still or see them blowing through red light quick enough to stop?

Its alway sad to see a cyclist get hurt (or worse) but a good number of them are not following the rule of the road when the accident happens. Not that motorists are not at fault, but we all know who wins these collisions.