from BBC News website:
But police and motoring organisations are worried that flags carried on some vehicles could put cyclists and pedestrians at risk, as well as the drivers themselves, if they are too large or badly positioned.
The AA points out that police can fine drivers £2,500 and impose three penalty points if a flag is deemed to obscure the vision of the driver.
Supt Neil Haynes, of the Metropolitan Police, said: "We're not in the business of trying to destroy anybody's fun.
"But we've got to make sure that individual car occupants and other road users are safe."
I had to take down my St. George/Seagulls flag from my aerial on the way to Swindon as the wood had broken under the Duct tape and I was paranoid it would fly off through someones windscreen!
But police and motoring organisations are worried that flags carried on some vehicles could put cyclists and pedestrians at risk, as well as the drivers themselves, if they are too large or badly positioned.
The AA points out that police can fine drivers £2,500 and impose three penalty points if a flag is deemed to obscure the vision of the driver.
Supt Neil Haynes, of the Metropolitan Police, said: "We're not in the business of trying to destroy anybody's fun.
"But we've got to make sure that individual car occupants and other road users are safe."
I had to take down my St. George/Seagulls flag from my aerial on the way to Swindon as the wood had broken under the Duct tape and I was paranoid it would fly off through someones windscreen!
