We have a very large immigrant bicycling community and they don't obey ANY rules of the road. They run straight through the red lights, sidewalks are racetracks and/or passing lanes, ride two and sometimes three on a single bike, but I have yet to see a patrolman have one pulled over and the only time I've seen a cop with a bicyclist is when the bicyclist got hit by a car.
I think the fines are a great idea-wish they had them here. I'm sure they do, but as one police friend says, "We hate paperwork."
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