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Great info!  Thanks.
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SMIDSY - "Sorry Mate, I Didn't See You"
 Originally Posted by wa3wheels
In a motor accident, wherein a speeding car hits a slower moving vehicle coming from the side, the car drivers often swear that they just didn’t see the vehicle coming from the left or right.
SMIDSY - "Sorry Mate, I Didn't See You"
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Originally Posted by wa3wheels
A serious piece of advice, that most people are not aware of:
In a motor accident, wherein a speeding car hits a slower moving vehicle coming from the side,
the car drivers often swear that they just didn’t see the vehicle coming from the left or right.
Well, they are not lying. They really don’t see the vehicle coming from the side, in spite of broad daylight.
This phenomenon on the car drivers’ part is known as “Motion Induced Blindness”. It is definitely frightening.
Once airborne, pilots are taught to alternate their gaze between scanning the horizon and scanning their instrument panel, and never to fix their gaze for more than a couple of seconds on any single object. They are taught to continually keep their heads on a swivel and their eyes always moving. Because, if you fix your gaze on one object while you yourself are in motion, your peripheral vision goes blind. Till about three decades ago, this “heads on swivel & eyes moving” technique was the only way to spot other aircraft in the skies around. Now-a-days they have on-board radars, but the old technique still holds good.
Let me give you a small demonstration of motion induced blindness. Just click on the link below. You will see a revolving array of blue crosses on a black background. There is a flashing green dot in the centre and three fixed yellow dots around it. If you fix your gaze on the green dot for more than a few seconds, the yellow dots will disappear at random, either singly, or in pairs, or all three together. In reality, the yellow dots are always there.
Just watch the yellow dots for some time to ensure that they don’t go anywhere! (Click on the link)
http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html
So, if you are driving at a high speed on a highway and if you fix your gaze on the road straight ahead, you will not see a car, a scooter, a buggy, a bicycle, a deer or even a human being approaching from the side.
Now reverse the situation. If you are crossing a road on foot and you see a speeding car approaching, there’s a 90% chance that the driver isn’t seeing you, because his/her peripheral vision may be blind! And you may be in that blind zone!!
Happy motoring !!
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Thanks is good info
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Originally Posted by finless
I always drive as if the approaching driver is Bob Denman on his way to the dealer to pick up his new 2014 Spyder 
Bob
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Originally Posted by OldDog
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I love my son and daughter in law , BUT, both are aggressive road rage tailgaters. It scares me to death to ride with them. And they say that I'm the bad driver because I drive the speed limit. 
I taught both of my kids not to drive that way (they're now in their 30s). My daughter is a very good driver, my son is not, but at least he learned enough not to be a danger. If my kids drove like that I simply wouldn't ride with them. Period.
AND I'd tell them why.
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Phil
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
I always ride as if the approaching driver:
is drunk
is falling asleep
is hungover
just got fired
his bank is foreclosing
his wife just left him for a guy that looks just like me
and so did his daughter!
And since I also live up here in "venison alley":
The eyes never stop moving laterally across the real estate that I am approaching
I let my peripheral vision keep me in the roadway.
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Originally Posted by flaggerphil
I've driven that highway many, many times in my SUV and have never had that feeling. If you think it's the meds, it's time to leave the driving to someone else (though obviously not your son) and talk to your doctor.
Have you checked tire pressure and suspension ??
Have somebody else drive your vehicle.
If they have no problems, advice above.
I can no longer drive long distances
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
I don't think that was a MINI...
The surviving rear wheel doesn't look like one of theirs...
So, sticking pins in my thought balloon I see!
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
 I was originally told that it was a SMART car... but again; that doesn't look like one of their wheels either. Does anybody know what it is
(or was... )?
It's a Ford Escape... an SUV
ford-escape-04.jpg
http://goo.gl/UmcLlm
Last edited by Sny; 10-24-2013 at 08:55 AM.
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It doesn't have the scallops in the wheel spokes, that are on the Escape wheels...
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click the link to the article that explains it... I just threw in a random picture of an escape.
snopes investigated the photo and found it was a Ford Escape, which is no small vehicle (tho not big by SUV standards either).
from the article on snopes:
According to information from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office and various readers, the accident pictured above took place in May 2009 in Harvey, Louisiana, and involved a Ford Escape SUV, not (as is commonly reported) the smaller Smart Car. The impact did not occur dead center as apparently shown in the photograph: it was offset to the right, and thus the driver's side was not nearly as heavily damaged. The driver of the Ford survived the crash and has since been released from the hospital.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/photos/acciden...BAPEK7ooD3B.99
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After looking at the picture, it sure appears to be a mini auto now.
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