82.2 is not written specific to commercial vehicles, it's a universal law for all vehicles on the road and is equally as legitimate when used for a motorcycle or passenger vehicle as it is when used for a commercial truck. Of course a lot of people may not like it because they feel they shouldn't be held to the same safety standards, right?
As for flying wheels, the industry has that issue cleaned up - funny you mention it, as the last 6 or 8 vehicles I've seen sitting on the shoulder of the road missing a tire have been passenger vehicles, and one travel trailer.
Anyhow, I guess I shouldn't find it surprising that on a motorcycle centric forum there are plenty who wish to defend people who drive motorcycles like idiots, particularly when there's a lot of (probably not unfounded) suspicion that some of the very offenders we are talking about are on the same forum, perhaps even participating in this very thread.
But, like it or not, regardless of any and all arguments, these people are screwing ALL of us. Public perception, Law enforcement attention, and insurance company attention - three big things that are going in the wrong direction with this one, all of which have the potential to make life difficult for each and every one of us regardless of what we ride, how we ride, and where we ride.
How anyone can defend these people, accordingly, is beyond me.
