Fwd: [mc] Fw: Motion Induced Blindness - when DRIVING

[Jeen Lim]

Something totally different to start the week 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motion Induced Blindness - DRIVING
 
FOR CAREFUL DRIVERS............. MUST READ & REMEMBER.
 
 

In a motor accident, wherein a speeding car hits a slower moving vehicle coming from the side, the speeding car drivers often swear that they just didn’t see the vehicle coming from the left or right.

Well, they aren’t lying.  This phenomenon on the car drivers’ part is known as “Motion Induced Blindness”. If you fix your gaze on one object long enough while you yourself are in motion, your peripheral vision goes blind. That’s why it is called motion induced blindness.

Demonstration:  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 center 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.

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


So, if you are driving at a high speed on a highway don't fix your sight on the road all the time. Gaze someways frequently to avoid such induced blindness.