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I try to do that - it's scary how you can see people look straight through you sometimes
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Yea the eye contact thing is spot on, but with cars coming from behind it can be a bit tricky. Saturday I made eye contact with someone who still edged out and caused me to have to come to a complete stop. There was no cars behind me, and he was crossing a single road to another side street so waiting would have been zero time or effort for him. I was just shocked at the complete disregard, as was other pedestrians and the other cyclist. I try not to get angry but appeal to their human side like "cmon, you made eye contact and still did that? Why?" etc etc.
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This might be shockingly obvious to everyone but the thing i find helps most with cunts is making eye contact. every time i go out i make it my mission to look as many people as I can in the eyes. I guess to some extent this humanises you + has the practical benefit of knowing who is actually aware of your presence. I also like to put on a bit of a show if I'm riding in primary with someone waiting behind so that they think I'm actually making an effort to clear the way. I rarely even get beeped at.