> wrote in message
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> In rec.bicycles.misc Richard > wrote:
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> > Or. Mount a huge pipe across the handlebars defining your territory.
>
> I realize I'm taking a bit of a risk getting serious in a thread like
> this, but...
> I've got a trailer flag lying around somewhere that I don't use because
> I don't have a mount for it. This thread caused me to wonder if it would
> be a safety enhancement to mount the flagpole horizontally on my rear
> carrier, just stuffed in under the bag. Having that orange pennant
> fluttering away a couple of feet to port might encourage drivers to move
> over a little. Or would it just present them with an inviting target?
> Has anybody here ever tried anything like that?
>
> Bill
>

Touring groups use this method often, it works according to what I've read,
but have never tried it myself.