Hmmm... I'd like to see you point these laws out. The laws I currently see treat bicycles and automobiles the same where it makes sense and differently where it makes sense. As a matter of fact, in my state at least, traffic laws regarding bicycles give the cyclists greater flexibility than automobiles. For instance, I can avoid many traffic lights at intersections to an extent by riding a crosswalk (assuming I have the cross signal) and be treated as a pedestrian and then rejoin the traffic lane on the other side and act as a motor vehicle.


I see CM as being anti-*. Anti-car, anti-gov't, anti-authority and to a great extent, antisocial. Being anti makes one reactionary. Change is not often best brought on by being a reactionary but by being proactive. Cycling clubs, organised and recognised legitimate advocacy groups and even gov't agencies are the best places to get involved with in regards to promoting cycling. My state, county and the cities around me all have support cycling initiatives and organisations... even the dept. of transportation. They all put in quite a bit of effort to promote cycling. While this may not be true everywhere, it didn't get that way here overnight. And it didn't get that way through antics the like of those displayed by Critical Mass. The social engineering constant message CM sends to the general public is one likened to that of, "the beatings will continue until morale improves." I don't know about you but in my experience, that type of message does not go well received by the general populace.


And so CM prejudges all motorists on a given road at a certain point in time and feels they have the right to dole out sentencing? I'm sorry, I don't see this as civilised behaviour. It's this disregard for civilisation and society that does more harm than good and something I believe cyclists would be wise to avoid.