MONTREAL - After receiving tickets and losing three demerit points for running stop signs, two Montreal cyclists say that the rules of the road aren't fair. They've taken on the services of lawyer Julius Grey to sue Quebec's automobile registration board.

Alexandre Lamy-Labrecque, 19, was hit by a car after running a stop sign at the corner of Duluth Street and Hotel-de-Ville Street in November 2009. Lamy-Labrecque wasn't hurt, but he was given a ticket for failing to obey the road sign.

Roger Jay, 61, was ticketed in August for running a stop sign. He paid the fine, but when he went to renew his license, he had to pay an extra $94 for having lost three demerit points.

Both men say the cycling safety code in Quebec is outdated and lawyer Grey says you should only lose points on your driver's licence if you've committed an offence while driving a car.

Velo Quebec agrees and the organization says that it has tried to have laws changed with the SAAQ before.

"They said that it's the law and that the law will stay like that. Velo-Quebec couldn't sue the SAAQ, it took a cyclist who received a fine to sue and say that it isn't fair," said Suzanne Lareau, CEO of Velo-Quebec. "Maybe that cause could change the law."

Lareau said the law is a double-standard because cyclists who don't drive a car are not as heavily penalized as those who do. The organization says it receives a lot of complaints every year about the law.