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Ditto as a motorcyclist. Making eye contact with drivers makes riding a lot easier. You know they see you.
by cj 3y ago
Ditto as a motorcyclist.
Making eye contact with drivers makes riding a lot easier. You know they see you.
- marssaxman 3y agoWhen I'm on a motorcycle, I assume they are never seeing me - but it's still useful to see them, and I can often tell what they are about to do before they've started doing it. I have not yet had the chance to share the road with a robot, but I wonder whether that feeling for traffic will still work.
- cj 3y agoAgreed. It would be nice if there were a simple directional light on the top of robotaxis that indicates where it’s intending to go next (directional light) and how imminently it will begin moving (perhaps how fast the light blinks) when e.g. at a stop sign.
- rukuu001 3y agoYeh, the only time I assume a driver has really seen me is when we make eye contact. (But - twice in 20 years I’ve had the chilling experience of a driver making eye contact and pulling out in front of me anyway.)
- guenthert 3y agoI don't think that's actually all that uncommon. I'll give them the benefit of doubt and assume that they habitually turn to look, but don't actually see or that they grossly misjudge your speed. That was more of a problem in my 'Sturm & Drang' time. These days grannys on their electically-assisted bicycles are faster than me, hence I don't surprise car drivers any more.
- Rapzid 3y agoThe motorcycle safety courses teaches NOT to assume a driver sees or will yield the right away because of "eye contact".
- stouset 3y agoAs a motorcycle I have been pleasantly surprised by the fact that they always seem to see me and give way when lane splitting. I was very harsh about the extremely poor interactions with Cruise, but I have yet to see anything to sour me with Waymo.