To sexy to bike in New York

According to this article 31 year old dutch girl Jasmijn Rijcken was stopped by a New York police officer claiming she was a disturbance to traffic biking in a short dress and boots. Someone should stop this police officer for being ridiculous. You sometimes see things making you cry out for a fashion police force. That however is kidding, this is for real, or is it? There is some doubt in the article.