If you haven't seen this it is pretty cool...maybe it explains why cagers never see bikes.

http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html

 

I was thinking (ok I was hoping) that the motion induced blindness you were referring to might have something to do with excessive gawking at the avatars some folks have here of young ladies seen walking from behind without their unmentionables affixed to their fannys.

Better luck next time, I guess

 

thats pretty cool

 

I think that was cool too.

 

that is cool, would have been great in the 70's with the black lights and strobes..

 

i guess that's why i'm always forcing myself to keep looking around when driving at night, especially when tired.

 

Honest officer I didn't see the guy on the motorcycle at all...all I saw was a spinning grid of blue plus signs and a green dot. Now look at it again scanning back and forth with your eyes like they teach you in drivers education and you see all the dots all the time. I know how hard paying attention and scanning the road ahead with your EYES can be while texting.

Tech23

 

I don't see this happening in real life. The other night I was in my hot tub and it was a clear night. I stared at a star and never lost sight of the fighter jets that practice at night in our area.

I am an optometrist. We do visual fields all the time and the only blind spot is the optic nerve. So I don't know why this demo works like that, but I don't think it transfers to real life.

 

I called out sick to work because I was having a problem with my eyes. I told my boss I just couldn't see coming in.

Tech23

 

There are times when scanning and target fixation has their proper place and application. This guy is using target fixation to his advantage, it's not like a car is going to pull out in front of him out there...what do you suppose would happen if he fixated on the bottom of the hill on either side? He is looking at the trail ahead (the green dot so to speak)...scanning the horizon (looking for the yellow dots) like you should on the street may not work so well here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE8o4...layer_embedded

Tech23