Before it started snowing I tried this several times and considered the results. It works, but I think the reason it does is that raising the foot simply causes the rider to push harder on the opposite side of the handlebar to keep his balance.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.