Originally Posted by tomcryar
I don't know where you live, but in florida--(the entire state)--you are the same as a motorist, and you can be ticketed and get points on your license for infractions, and if you refuse to pay, they will suspend your license. I can't tell you how many people here have dui's while operating (or trying to, lol) a bike.
Um, I think you might be mistaken, Tom.
Title XXIII MOTOR VEHICLES Chapter 322 DRIVERS' LICENSES
322.27 Authority of department to suspend or revoke license.--
Paragraph (3) (i) This subsection shall not apply to persons operating a nonmotorized vehicle for which a driver's license is not required.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/...n%2027#0322.27
However, you are correct that a DUI can be issued to a bicycle rider (a bicycle being defined by the state as a vehicle). However, the points cannot go against the persons DL (a DL not being required to operate a bicycle).
I believe there's also something about an infraction on a bicycle cannot go against a persons car insurance.