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Every conversation about bike lanes is like: "Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)." "But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"

My main frustration is many of the bikers in my community often treat local laws and regulations as 'suggestions' or ignore them completely, as if the act of choosing healthier, environmentally conscious transportation puts you on a pedestal and affords you the right to be an asshole.

? Absolutely I want you to stop and proceed one at a time? What the hell kind of question is that?

If you're the car directly behind my group, you want to wait ten cycles at a 4-way stop? Should we each clip out and put a foot down before we proceed? Are you joking? This is the sort of thing that gets cyclists run over by road ragers, and makes nobody safer.

I have not-once in my 40 year's experienced a stop-sign with a large group of cyclists, so yes, in this very uncommon specific example you've mentioned... I would support your decision.