Quote Originally Posted by ZenSojourner View Post
Stepping into the roadway to wave someone to a stop is not responding with unnecessary force.
ZenS, in my brief career as a bike rider, I have been stopped by cops about five times. The reasons are special events, movie shoots and the like which require bikers to dismount. This is common where I live. At no time have I ever seen a cop step in front of a bike. They use dramatic, unmistakable hand gestures. To step in front of a bike rider, even a pokey one like me, would be dangerous to the rider, the cop and whoever is behind the cyclist.

Pam