Making eye contact with other drivers:

You should never take eye contact as a guarantee that a driver will properly yield to you. It is not uncommon for drivers to look directly at a motorcyclist but fail to register that they are there.

• Is the best way to know that they see you.
• Is not worth the effort it takes.
• Does not mean that they will yield to you when they should.
• Guarantees that they will yield to you.