Zagorath@aussie.zone to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago‘Sorry mate, I didn’t see you’: when drivers look but don’t see cyclists on the roadtheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1154
arrow-up1154external-link‘Sorry mate, I didn’t see you’: when drivers look but don’t see cyclists on the roadtheconversation.comZagorath@aussie.zone to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-29 days agoRule #1 for cyclists, if they didn’t look you in the eyes, they didn’t see you.
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoRule #2: Always assume that car drivers don’t look for you.
minus-squareBozeKnoflook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 days agoAs somebody that rode a motorcycle for years: you can make eye contact and still be unseen.
minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-29 days agoI would argue it’s hard to make eye contact with most motorcyclists because you cant see their face
minus-squareRolling Resistance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoA few days ago there was this guy who was looking at me through the passenger window but still running the stop sign and not yielding.
Rule #1 for cyclists, if they didn’t look you in the eyes, they didn’t see you.
Rule #2: Always assume that car drivers don’t look for you.
As somebody that rode a motorcycle for years: you can make eye contact and still be unseen.
I would argue it’s hard to make eye contact with most motorcyclists because you cant see their face
A few days ago there was this guy who was looking at me through the passenger window but still running the stop sign and not yielding.