For all of you who say "Didn't he have something better to do?"...remember that cops are out there looking for "targets of opportunity". The OP happened to be breaking the law, the cop was there and there was no other more egregious infraction taking place at that moment that required his attention.

The final leg of most of the rides from my house take me past a school zone for the nearby high school. When the zone lights are flashing it's 20 mph. It's downhill and easy to do 30 on my bike but I coast (and sometimes brake) to keep it at 20. And before you think this is a complete "holier than thou" posting, I WAS given a warning by my local cop for jumping early on a light change. I was about 1/4 of the way through the intersection when it turned green. No...I didn't frame it...I threw it away. Now I just sit there and wait for it to turn.