As I see it, the real problem with bad driving, sidewalk cycling, and uninsured/unlicensed driving is that the lack of consequence drives the behavior. Face it, the real chance of any of these activities of having an adverse outcome, either an accident or being caught and ticketed is so low as to make it well worth the culprits risk taking behavior. Since we choose not to have a rigid police state, these types will not get caught,and if caught, there is little that is done to punish this behavior. US already has the highest rate of prison incarceration in the developed world, and many of these scofflaws have no real financial resources to seize or to pay for damages they may cause.

So whats the solution? I don't think there really is one. Short of society changing their belief that its ok to bend/break any rule that suits them, things will not change.