George Perkins wrote < I have day-dreamed about this idea many times while on the road in traffic, especially while riding across the country in 2002... a flexible nerf type device would be a great way to accomplish this goal, with a day-glow color scheme.>
These exist, and are commonly used in Scandinavia. Here in North America there are a couple of companies making what are sometimes referred to as side flags. See the following links for examples. http://www.bumm.de/index-e.html on the left click on Reflectors then Addition Reflectors to get to the right page. This is a typical European model from a German company. I have seen these for sale in the US and have one of these. http://www.flashback.ca/products/accessories.html this is a Canadian company. When I lived in Boulder we bought a bunch of these as a promotion. I still have a couple of these around. http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/08/18/d-tour-bicycle-safety-flag-first -impression/ I just found this one on the web, no info about where to purchase these, though. While these only extend 1.5 to 2 feet from the bike, that's about all you need to keep[ people 3 feet away since they will shy away from the end of the flag. I would be happy to lend one of the side flags I have to anyone interested in trying these. If people are interested in promoting these, maybe we could find a sponsor to purchase a bunch as Bike To Work Week giveaways to get a critical mass so to speak of these in use to get the concept to catch on. Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Suite 100 PO Box 2986 Madison, WI 53701-2986 608/266-6225 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
