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Originally Posted by bluesinorbit
Like everyone says, you cannot trust eye contact at all. For my own safely, I will always ride defensively with two assumptions about other drivers: they are not aware of my presence and they will do the wrong thing regardless. All it takes is a cell-phone conversation, impatience, compromised emotional state, or plain disregard or ignorance of the traffic rules, and I see all those things on the road everyday.
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I absolutely agree with you 100% on this. The problem is, when out there riding to keep this in mind the whole time it takes a big mental effort on the part of the rider. None of us are perfect, and I'm sure many can attest to close calls where their judgment slipped. Some go down, some don't and that's riding I guess.