Should fixie riders be arrested and ticketed for riding without brakes?

I don't feel strongly one way or another about this, although I — like about half the people I've polled — have been T-boned by inexperienced fixie riders menacing our streets and overpasses.

But Ayla doesn't really have a prayer of getting out of this particular law -- the spirit and the letter are about having a breaking mechanism on your bike.

Extra credit: do click-through to YouTube and read the reems of comments, which appear to be about 10 to 1 in favor of mercilessly abusing and berating brakeless riders. (You'll want to shield your eyes from a certain misogynist element.)