Reflex action in accidents

[turboplanner]

This is an award winning UK safety video about a motor cycle accident at 160 km/hr.

 

I've spoken a number of times about training your subconscious to react in perhaps 20/100 to 50/100 of a second rather than going through the recognition cycle which can take two or three seconds.

 

In this case the speed is not high - about 87 knots, and the video shows what you have to deal with if perhaps a cable or low hanging branch comes into view, or if you are coming out of cloud incident and get a momentary glimpse of the ground.

 

We a pre-programmed subconscious which way would you have flicked as you saw the car start to turn.

 

http://www.uk-global-roadsafety.com/blog/police-motorcycle-safety-campaign-wins-uk-award/?utm_medium=linkedin&utm_source=twitterfeed

 

 

[Geoff13]

An interesting video. I have watched this many times. Very difficult to answer what I would have done but I rehearse these situations on the road every day. I also at least bianually do some form of advance riding course. I don't think there was a correct answer for David. His fate was sealed when he decided to ride at those speeds on a public road. This is not critcism of him but of the choice he made to put himself and others in danger on a public road. I see these things every day and as a truckie I put put my own life in danger on at least a weekly basis to save the life of someone who made a decision like that. If is one of the few aspects of my job that I do not enjoy. One day I may write a book about some of the things that I have seen on the road. But then most people wouldn't believe most of it.