Here the minimum legal passing distance is 1 metre from the edge of the bike to the edge of the passing vehicle. This 1.4 metre courtesy flag mounted on the rack helps drivers to observe that minimum and avoid illegal close passing. Any touches of the flag are recorded on the rear facing camera. The flag quickly stows at vertical when its not required.
by Narrow-Economist-795
6 Comments
I love you confidence. Where I am that would just get you run over.
That seems unreasonably long and is going to piss off a lot of motorists who are apt to take it out on you or other cyclists when the opportunity arises.
Now not only drivers hate you, fellow bike commuters hate you too.
I made mine out of a metal pipe with a gopro on the end. I think drivers moved over more just to avoid scratching their paint.
Do you have a reminder to repost this shit or is it just whenever you feel like attention?
It’s still a bad idea.
I would make it under 1m, as any reasonable person would take care not to make contact with the flag while passing, giving you an extra berth. If it’s too long cars may make contact or you might even have an arsehole try to grab it. I’d also recommend having it on some kind of auto release mechanism just in case it gets caught in a passing vehicle (such as in a wheel) or someone does grab it, it will just release rather than cause you to crash.