Sen. Gil Cedillo, the Los Angeles Democrat who has sought unsuccessfully to get Schwarzenegger to sign bills granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, said he found the governor's illegal motorcycle rides "ironic."

"I would think that that circumstance would not only compel him to comply with the law, but to think about the importance of highway safety and security and transfer that experience to the two and a half million (undocumented) people who are driving unlicensed and uninsured," Cedillo said.

The governor has twice vetoed bills by Cedillo that would give undocumented immigrants the right to obtain a California driver's license. Cedillo filed a new bill Tuesday seeking that right.