Why you should always assume the driver has not seen you

that complete bollocks Oliver. Seriously, if your trying to be contrary for attention i don't know but that comment remains ridiculous no matter which way you look at it.

Well, just so Oliver knows, I think you are wrong. First to think that Oliver is one of the people on here who seeks attention for its own sake - now that is ridiculous. And second I think Oliver is right; you shouldn't assume a driver hasn't seen you because you should not be working on assumptions. His point about eye contact is entirely valid; make it and you know you have been seen. If you can't make it then you do not know either way so you have base your riding on that. It's not an assumption really; it's deducing how to ride from the information you have gathered.