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Invisibility Training for Motorcyclists

FortNine · 1.8M views · 2018-10-12 · 8:41

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Overview

FortNine's tongue-in-cheek guide to why drivers fail to see motorcyclists and how riders can make themselves more visible. It touches on perception psychology, including the role of saccades.

On Hacker News

Cited in threads on motorcycle and cyclist safety to explain why drivers look and still miss them.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2019–2026

Topics

Cars, EVs & motorcyclesPsychology & human behavior
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motorcycle safetyperceptionsaccadesdriver awarenessroad safety

What people said

jascii · 2021-07 · Recommendation

For all practical purposes bicycles and motorcycles are invisible to drivers. FortNine has an amusing video on it: [VIDEO] My personal experience, after years as a courier on both upright, recumbent, and motorcycles is that I am more "visible" on a recumbent then the other options because I'm "weird" enough to make it into a drivers consciousness... None of this is ofcourse scientifically relevant data.

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alosarv · 2019-10 · Recommendation

Also an excellent video here [VIDEO] - tongue-in-cheek but highly relevant "invisibility training for motorcyclists" by FortNine

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chrisweekly · 2019-10 · Recommendation

As a motorcyclist -- and lifelong learner w/ a degree in cognitive psychology -- I really appreciate demonstrations like this one^1 from Daniel Simons. It's a short video (< 90s), but for many first-time viewers, it's an eye-opening experience. ^1. [LINK] Edit: just saw @elosarv's link to a longer but more relevant "motorcycle invisibility training" video ( [VIDEO]

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