Flutterby™! : Not a bicycle?

Cyclist argues "high wheel bicycle" not a bicycle under California vehicle code for the sake of getting out of having to stop at stop signs:

"It's embarrassing and a pain to be stopped," Krieg said. He argues that because the high-wheeler moves forward through direct pedaling of the front wheel without help from chains, belts or gears, the contraption is not technically a bicycle and therefore exempt from California's vehicle code.

"It's not a vehicle. It's an 'it,' " Krieg said. "It's fallen through all the classifications."

Of course that raises all sorts of other issues, 'cause if he's a pedestrian then he should be on the other side of the street, and...