>Bikes are not subject to the same rules at all?

Yes, bicycles ARE subject to the same rules in general.

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>Can use bike lanes, can ride against traffic on many one-way streets, should skip the line at a red light to use the 'bike box', should use right-most lane if not in bike lane or turning, not allowed on highways etc.

There are some bicycle-specific elements to the law, but otherwise yes we do have to follow the same rules.

Use of a bicycle lane is no different in concept from use of an HOV lane, or a Bus-only lane, for example. Use of a bicycle-specific marking (e.g. a bicycle box) is the same sort of thing; you're still obeying traffic control markings - in this case, the paint on the street.

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>I understand that your intent is good, but treating bikes exactly like cars is a good way to put bikes in danger. Bikes shouldn't have to be exactly like cars to use the road.

Tell it to the Massachusetts Legislature. They make the laws, not I.

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>As for rules of the road -- are you as upset by drivers speeding?

FUCK, YES!!

And running red lights and stop signs, too.