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Obviously looking / being aware is incredibly important. but...
I always try to make eye contact with drivers, whether in front or behind. But there are numerous occasions where this doesn't work. At night? And i often find that glare is a serious problem. Even in the past couple of days, numerous drivers have been kind enough to allow me right of way, and I have only seen them waving at me as I get very close. I don't like to assume that they've stopped for me - I know how cabbies like to just pull out...
Maybe the glare is just because I am a short ass, and have a bad line-of-sight to windshield-angle thing going down.
Anyway, that's all kind of moot. If driver's and other traffic notice you noticing them, so to speak, I suspect there is quite a change in behaviour.