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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
One thing that I keep thinking of. I was watching one of those brain game type TV shows where they touched on this subject. Basically what they are saying is that the human brain is conditioned to look for cars, not necessarily motorcycles. So because of that, your brain may ignore the incoming bike.
Certainly doesn't get the driver of the car completely off the hook but is most certainly a compelling reason to keep your speed under control.
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I think the term is "the invisible gorilla". I read a whole book about it (named the same thing). People say things like "I don't see how you could have missed something like that!", yet everyone has "blindness" at some times.
Regardless of the driver's statement, I'd say that he never saw the bike at all, both due to the excessive speed and due to this "blindness" as you typically do not look for motocyles on the roadway.