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The lollipop on the passing side works well for the most part, but this driver tonight overtook too close on a blind bend. My camera is rubbish at night. The car was moving too fast to get a clear recording of the number plate

I saw that very long long thread. You really helped him out. He mentioned people on Endless Sphere were stuck .

You certainly need a thick skin for the internet, where some mild mannered people can become quite fearsome! :eek:

When will this terrifying new change happen? I might give up cycling, if there is a rash of cylist killings. Unavoidable badger and now this! :rolleyes::eek:

I usually bomb down this hill when the lights don't stop me at about 28mph, but this fat person came to my attention fiddling about on his mobile ambling along and about to cross the road while the lights were green, so I slowed down, a bit. He glanced over and stopped just in time. I didn't...

It's @matthewslack with the solar cells, but v.wide reflectors I do need indeed!

Too narrow for two bikes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-61552344

They misjudge my speed quite often and run out of space while overtaking. I've had a couple of cars start to overtake and screech out of shot, when they realised they're about to collide with oncoming traffic, but of course those videos can't show that because the field of view is narrower than...

Unless I see that a vehicle is approaching in my rear view mirrors, I ride middle lane. Unfortunately, this isn't possible or doesn't feel wise when there is a lot of traffic, which is when I stick to about a metre and a half away from the kerb. Perhaps I should try 2.5m and slowly work back...

It was probably driven by a badger, most cars are, like this BMW today. There's no telling what a badger might suddenly do :rolleyes:

Your solution is brilliant! Has your long arm been troubled by the long arm of the law? I particularly like that your safety device folds for traffic filtering. I think the lollipod would extend about 45cm from the centreline of my bike, which doesn't seem long enough to keep the buggers away...

Would 1m wide be too wide for the law? I don't see anything in the highway code about reflector width. Maybe it's down to traffic cop discretion?

My two flashers don't stop motorists passing too close. At least it wasn't as bad as a couple of weeks ago. In addition, I wear a flashing red LED sash on my back

He could have waited a bit before overtaking, having seen the white car... if he had been looking. Nobody else overtook like that Uber idiot. It's nearly always taxis which do this.

Wow that's nasty! I like it! Like the chariots on Ben Hur That's a very good idea. I'd make it 2m wide if it was legal to do so.

It's too bumpy on the pavement and around here it's full of pedestrians and dogs. Much faster direct journeys by road, but the potholes are killers

Thanks for the rotating clamp information Andy. I did this one on amazon, which reviewers complained didn't have a rotating clamp and assumed they were all the same. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Fold-Out-Safety-Reflector/dp/B004H1QYG2/ref= Does this one look like it has a similar rotating...

I'd love to but on busy roads it isn't always practical. I'd get done for holding up traffic or knocked off the road by an Uber or White Van Man

Thank you Andy for taking the time to find and upload those links. Do you know if the reflector angle can be adjusted on those products? Or do they have to be secured to a vertical bike frame part? The trouble is I don't have 90 degree frame parts relative to the ground, to attach them to. I...

I'm thinking of making very wide reflectors to keep cars from passing so close, because yet another Uber driver whizzed by too close to me last night. Does anyone know how wide is too wide for rear bike reflectors? How wide is illegal? I'm going to have to make them, because these lollipop...