
01-04-2007, 09:27 PM
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Blacktown isn't so black
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Prospect, NSW, 2148
Posts: 1,316
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I would like to add my parting input in this thread by telling you of a very common but misunderstood phenomena. It deals with driving, more specifically driving through an accident.
The first thing you are taught is NOT to look where you are going, because you will always end up where you are looking.
Lets say you are losing control in a corner and heading for the wall, if you look at the wall, you are a certainty to hit it, there are physiological reasons why this is so. You can simply believe it without knowing the mechanics of why.
However if you look away from the wall and down the roadway, there is an excellent chance that you will end up there and avoid a head on collision with the wall.
In brief what is happening here is that your focus (in your mind) sends out all the necessary actions need to avoid the collision, if indeed it is not too late. This happens at the remarkable speeds that your mind is capable of, and gives you in most cases enough time to make the manoeuvres to get out of the Collison.
The key is to continue to stare at where you want to go and not where you are heading. I have personally tested this well known phenomenon on more than one occasion and I can testify that it works as I have described.
I would like to add the caveat that this is not foolproof and of course collisions can and do occur. However the physical processes involved are easily understood and is proof (of sorts) that support your initial statement which is the basis of this thread.
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