Let's see... spring loaded breakaway mount... and jagged hunk of steel paint job ruiner... you thought this through well... not. Look... it really isn't that bad out there. Flags don't keep drivers from hitting you. If they want to hit you... guess what. You're hit. The reason you keep coming home day after day is because you've not yet (in your life) encountered a driver that really, really wanted you dead. So why piss off total strangers for no good reason? Why? Do you think your jagged hunk of steel paint job ruiner registers at 50'?? Honestly, the takeaway of this entire thread is: vehicular cycling is not for everyone. There is no shame in admitting that you just don't have the stones for it. Take the bus... drive... anything but riding anyway full of fear and loathing. You make it bad for the rest of us. Your flags, super bright strobes and too many of them going at once at that. Hogging the lane... it goes on. Just do yourself a huge favor and stay out of traffic if the only way you can do it is to make a public nuisance of yourself.

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