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Old 02-20-2012 | 07:29 PM
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Motion Induced Blindness

This is frightening! It works exactly like it says, and is one major reason people in cars can look right at you (when you're on a motorcycle or bicycle)---AND NOT SEE YOU. From a former Naval Aviator. This is a great illustration of what we were taught about scanning outside the cockpit when I went through training back in the '50s. We were told to scan the horizon for a short distance, stop momentarily, and repeat the process. I can remember being told why this was the most effective technique to locate other aircraft. It was emphasized (repeatedly) to NOT fix your gaze for more than a couple of seconds on any single object. The instructors, some of whom were WWII veterans with years of experience, instructed us to continually "keep our eyes moving and our head on a swivel" because this was the best way to survive, not only in combat, but from peacetime hazards (like a midair collision) as well. We basically had to take the advice on faith (until we could experience for ourselves) because the technology to demonstrate it didn't exist at that time.


Click on the link below for a demonstration ...
Kind of freaks you out....

http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html
 
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Old 02-20-2012 | 07:58 PM
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That is crazy stuff. Hard to believe the yellow dots never go away. Good information
for sure
 
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Old 02-20-2012 | 08:00 PM
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Wow,scary.
 
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Old 02-20-2012 | 08:02 PM
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Very interesting DB. Doesn't matter which dot you focus on, the others go away once your focus is entirely on that one point. But with just a slight twitch of the eye they all suddenly reappear.
 
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Old 02-20-2012 | 08:03 PM
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CRAZINESS!!!! I had t0o watch the yellow dots to make sure they didnt go out !
 
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Old 02-20-2012 | 08:36 PM
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That was nuts!!! It only took seconds for the yellow dots to start disappearing.
 
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Old 02-20-2012 | 08:53 PM
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Spent a lot of miles on the road and this is so true. THE MOST DANGEROUS THING I HAVE SEEN. FT
 
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Old 02-20-2012 | 08:53 PM
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crazy stuff !
 
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Old 02-20-2012 | 08:54 PM
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Thanks
 
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Old 02-20-2012 | 08:59 PM
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I started to see the black squares breaking up the blue lines. wired. That all so is why the army told us to look at the whole field not just a point is the field so you would notice movement better. Thanks for that post. I made a fororite of it to show my son that rides.
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