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@JonoMarshall
Imagine that instead of leaning on you with their shoulder they are pushing (in varying amounts/places) with their forearm.
Squeezing someone out is pretty safe in my opinion, if you have the front wheel advantage you can usually power down and get across them.
I think the scenario you've described (defensive forearms) is pretty legit, but I don't think it's worth having if you have to take all the offensive forearm pushes (and difficult referee calls) too?