By the way, #BikeTooter / #bikeTO, here is my noodle!
It sticks out 1 metre (the minimum passing distance cars must give according to the Highway Traffic Act). It's mounted to the rear rack and basket with zip ties and noodle tube sections (sold for attaching pool noodles together). The basket provides extra support as well as a handy way to stow the noodle away when not needed. There is a piece of foam-covered wire (from the gardening section of the hardware store) inside the pool noodle so it can be reshaped when taking it in and out of the basket.
Highly recommend trying it at least once!
Closer view of the tucked-in noodle
View from above with noodle deployed. Soft and floppy enough to easily bend and not scratch cars, it nevertheless provides a visible and tangible obstacle that drivers instinctively steer clear of.
The free half of the pool noodle can easily be tucked into the basket.
A bike locked to a park bench along a wooded trail. The bike has a rear rack and side basket to which a bright green foam pool noodle is mounted using zip ties and wider bright blue tubes of the same foam. The noodle sticks out about a metre perpendicular to the bike.
