We can't have it both ways. If we want to be taken seriously as vehicles, and have the same rights we HAVE to accept the laws that are written for vehicles and the consequences inherent to the violation of those laws. On a personal note I had a guy come into my shop looking to rent a pair of bikes for the weekend. In talking to the gentleman he remarked to the effect that getting the bikes was his wife's idea and that in his view the only people who rode bikes were "spandex-wearing Lance Armstrong wannabe f@gs" and drunks and went on to spew numbers about how a certain (remarkably high) percentage of all the bike accidents in the US were the cause of "drunk idiots who ride their bikes with no fear of reprisal" I asked him for his source of information and he started sputtering that it was a commonly known fact. Why do I bring this up? Because his perception is ALL TOO COMMON in our society. If we want the same rights we have to follow the same rules.