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Spybot speaks sense. Don't get hung up on whether or not you are making full eye contact; the very act of turning your head has an effect. Though if you find it impossible to turn your head (or body) to make eye contact when you really want or need to then it is something to practice; often taking one hand off the bars and dropping your shoulder will help. You should be looking over your shoulder often; quick glances, longer looks and stares where appropriate. Eye contact is remarkably effective, for example, at getting drivers on side roads to stop at or before the give-way line rather than inching forward in to your path.
And eye contact is not just for drivers; it can stop pedestrians and other cyclists in their tracks too.