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"Because I was driving with my eyes closed" or "Because I wasn't looking" would be the human equivalent. Imagine if the driver used the same excuse, when asked
by imh 9y ago
"Because I was driving with my eyes closed" or "Because I wasn't looking" would be the human equivalent. Imagine if the driver used the same excuse, when asked why she didn't see the pedestrian and take over.
- jfoutz 9y agoI sneezed.
- bigiain 9y agoSo motorcyclists here have an acronym "SMIDSY" - stands for "Sorry mate, I didn't see you" - which is almost universally the first words out of a car drivers mouth after they've driven into a motorcycle.
- rimliu 9y agoWhich is because almost universaly motorbikes move faster than traffic and between lanes. So unless you stare at your rear view mirror constantly you may well miss them aproaching. Alas, at least here seeing a motorcycle driving at/under speed limit is an exception, not a rule.
- DanBC 9y agoParent poster was talking about car drivers hitting motorcyclists. You're saying that car drivers don't check their mirrors correctly when manouvering, which to me sounds dangerous.
- xcvbxzas 9y agoNot saying I agree, but he leaves room open for other alternatives such as hitting a motorcycle while weaving within a lane. You won't hit a car that way, but you might take out a lane splitting bike.
- azernik 9y agoSounds believable to me. The human eye doesn't have as broad of a field of view as the brain's post-processing would lead you to believe, so it's very easy for its search pattern to miss small objects.