Here's the really scary opinion of Thomas Barraga, a Suffolk Cty Legislator from West Islip:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/legis-thomas-barraga-no-one-should-ever-ride-a-bicycle-in-suffolk-county-1.7057107 You can be sure he'd never get my vote.

Maybe he should take a look at this (supplied by Bob Miller):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o ... amazing how people can change things.