Maybe it's just me, but that article seemed to be about more than just ID requirements. Having an ID with you is always a good idea, as is obeying the laws. We, as cyclists, are subject to all the same laws as an automobile, so riding our bikes the wrong way on a one way street is a *no-no*. But the article's author seemed to be taking the question a bit further in talking about our basic rights. The fact that a police person can simply decide to arrest you for something like that at his/her discretion is disturbing to me. Citation, yes, arrest....ummmm. Maybe there was something more about the arrest than the article says, but failure to produce an ID doesn't seem to be a good reason to arrest then search a person. I'm not too fond of the idea of the guy having methamphetamines either, but not too sure the *road* to his arrest was a good one.

I like the idea of the photocopies of important papers, though.