Originally Posted by
livedarklions
And eye contact? What the hell? She was behind him, he's supposed to turn his head 180 degrees?
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Eye contact is one of the few, and one of the best tools we have to survive in traffic. Drivers often don’t “see” us. Even if the physically see us, they often don’t perceive us as human beings. Making actual eye contact with a driver before you move in front of them greatly improves your chances that they see you and perceive you as a human they shouldn’t kill.
if you look them in the eye, and they don’t acknowledge you then you’re at least forewarned.
So hell yes, if at all possible I’m making eye contact with a driver before I move into or in front of their lane of travel
If you’re not making eye contact with the drivers of cars around you, you’re unnecessarily increasing your own risk