AM>  you?  Every time I get pulled off the road for speeding, I get this 
 AM> great
 AM>  big lecture about how a bicycle is considered a passenger car and 
 AM> therefore
 AM>  has to follow the posted speed limit.  Anyone have any thoughts on 
 AM> this?
My thought is that you are bragging about riding your bike faster than the 
posted speed limit :-)
 AM>  
 AM>  As a neat side track here, I also found out that if I were to be 
 AM> hit by a
 AM>  vehicle, and if the blame for the accident were to fall on the 
 AM> driver of the
 AM>  vehicle, it is theoretically possible that I should be able to make 
 AM> a claim
 AM>  on their vehicle insurance policy.  This topic has resulted in a 
 AM> wide range
 AM>  of discussion in the past...  Anyone care to comment?
That has nothing to do with a bike's being a vehicle. After all, were a 
car to hit a pedestrian the driver and owner of the car would be liable. 
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