I'll give a counterpoint based on my own experience. When I travelled to the US, from New Zealand, to interview with a certain large company, I actually manage

I'll give a counterpoint based on my own experience. When I travelled to the US, from New Zealand, to interview with a certain large company, I actually managed to mis-read road signs, in particular traffic lights, on a number of occasions, much to my alarm. I am not a bad driver - and there were a number of factors - perhaps being tired from the trip, so, it isn't clear cut. But, I remember feeling like the traffic lights just didn't look like traffic lights - the intersections just felt off - so off, that I actually failed to recognise them in some instances. It was actually a bit upsetting at the time, I've never quite experienced anything like it, but I think it's possible that the human system can fail to work if the input is sufficiently different from what is "typical".