Originally Posted by
mwandaw
I think this is good advice except... "Always try to get eye contact...". My suggestion is that you never trust eye contact, because people have looked right at me and then almost hit me. I think in reality they were looking in my direction, but did not actually see me. Instead, assume they do not see you. Look at their front wheels. If they start to rotate, take whatever evasive action is needed.
Thanks for the advice, it was dark so I couldn't see his face. Also, he accelerated at me very fast and I was going super slow - less than 8 mph. I am sure that if I was a pedestrian or runner already in the crosswalk, he would have hit me bc he simply wasn't looking.