It’s a $500 fine for a motorist to hit a bicyclist in the District, but some behaviors are so egregious that some drivers might think it’s worth paying the fine.
I get annoyed at bad bicycle behavior as a pedestrian because they might hurt me, but as a car driver the most likely result of egregious bicycle behavior is that you kill them. I guess you might as well do it pre-emptively!
The person who wrote that, and who regularly writes about DC local issues, doesn't even live in DC.