No.

My view is that if you want to be accepted as a user of the road, you need to adhere to the rules and coexist with everyone else on the road. And like it or not, cyclists are the ones under the microscope--we run red lights, pass on the shoulder, get in the way, etc. etc.. I'm not saying anything about the reality of the law. I'm talking about the perception by the American public that cyclists are a nuisance with no place on the road.

Just look at the publicity generated by this vs. the publicity generated by CM rides. Which one went straight to CNN?