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Wow, the blind-spot test on that Wikipedia page just blew my mind.

There were situations in traffic when I was driving a car and simply did not see cyclists or pedestrians coming. At the time I was aware that one of my eyes were obstructed by the rear-view mirror on the windshield, but that did not explain why I did not see them coming with the other eye.

I wonder why are people not alerted about this when taking the test for the drivers license.



Blind spots are crazy. Your brain will continue some patterns and straight lines right through the blind spot, so it doesn't look blank. http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/fdurgin1/publications/Blind...




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