A cop stopped me today while I was riding 200m up the sidewalk to the stop lights like I do every day here in Waterloo, ON. The other option is to cross over four lanes of busy traffic to get to the bike lane on the other side but it's uphill so it isn't the easiest thing to do on my heavy commuter. I guess I could also start out going the wrong way down the street and then turn around and come back but... The fine is $1000 for breaking a city bylaw but he didn't worry about ticketing me. The story was that the police are cracking down on cycling offences this spring and to spread the news.