VC 21656 clearly states what the laws are.....in this case,2 lane highway,means 2 lanes in each direction...3 lanes means 3 lanes in each direction.....there are no 3 lane highways,2 in 1 direction and 1 in the other.... Unless your in the mountains and it's a passing lane.....that doesn't count.

In L.A. there are surface streets that have 4 lanes in each direction,not counting right and left turn lanes.

If that was a true bike lane,as in,bicycles do what you want in the lane,the white line on the left would be solid....ride down Venice Blvd from the beach to downtown....THAT'S a real bike lane.

Arrows or no arrows,VC 21656 still applies.

So,depending on how many cars were behind you at the time the cop saw you,will determine if the cop was correct or not.

The arrows tell cars that there will be bicycles in the lane,sort of like the triangles you see on tractors or a horse drawn wagon.....beware of slow traffic,in this case,bicycles.

Been riding my little bicycle all around L.A. for 50 years,I've had every kind of conversation you can have with the cops,good and bad.....a few times.I don't have enough fingers and toes to count how many times I've been stopped for impeding traffic,seems like a couple times in every city....mostly on trash day.

I've had cops stop me,many times,for impeding traffic,again mostly on trash day....and they were the only one behind me....I ask them if their blinker and steering wheel is broken...

It's mostly on trash day because that's when I take the lane the most,so some car doesn't ram me into them.There isn't room for me,them and a trashcan.