Originally Posted by
HawkOwl
You can answer your own question. Were vehicles being held up because they couldn't pass? If so the cop was correct.
this is not the standard for impeding traffic. Impeding traffic cannot be done by a vehicle that is going the normal speed for that type of vehicle.
Originally Posted by
storckm
So was the policeman right? Should I not have been riding as I was? Or are bicycles simply a fact of city life that motorists have to deal with, even if it slows them down a little?
policeman was wrong. It's not reasonable to ask a cyclist to ride in a manner that endangers themselves because it causes some sort of (generally imaginary) inconvenience to other road users.