Originally Posted by travelinhobo

There is one idea I can give you that another tourer passed on to me when we met on the road some place in Europe... to force them to give you a berth, take a long piece of wood and carve the ends to points. Then cover them and the pole in aluminum foil so it looks like metal. Place it on the back of your bike, on top of all your stuff width wise, so that it lays left to right. Hopefully, this will deter drivers from not giving you enough space.