Thursday, July 21, 2011

Inattentional Blindness - You Cannot Be Aware of Everything

Why is inattentional blindness relevant to WrapSlap reflective armbands? WrapSlap is highly reflective (passes CE EN13356:2001). At night a cyclist, runner or walker might be seen by a motorist because they are wearing the highly visible WrapSlap.


Video with Prof. Susan Greenfield explaining Inattentional Blindness. With Prof. Daniel J Simons, Harvard University.

Read about Inattentional Blindness on Wikipedia.

Take the selective attention test.




Monday, July 18, 2011

SMIDSY (Sorry Mate, I Didn't See You)

Why are so many road accidents caused by road users failing to see one another?


I heard of SMIDSY acronym via RoadSafetyUK article on French compulsory use by motorcyclists of fluorescent HiViz jackets during the day.

More about SMIDSY at SafeSpeed.co.uk.