Safety is the most dangerous illusion for heavy-duty driving

Due to factors such as age, psychology, physiology, physical conditions, and driving environment, drivers may experience various illusions during driving, resulting in erroneous operations and dangerous situations. This is also the main cause of accidents. one. Today's editors are here to introduce you to the five most dangerous illusions. We hope that owners (especially novice drivers) can understand their characteristics correctly, and that they can prevent them during driving and truly drive safely.



Distance illusion For various types of vehicles on the road, the driver sometimes has the illusion of the arrival of the car's driver, the distance between the cars, and the follow-up distance. As a result, the distance to the car is too short and the distance to the car is too close to cause accidents. The common ones are: the same distance, the daytime looks close, and it feels far away when the night is darker; the front is the distance when the cart is far away, and it is the distance when the trolley is far away.

In the process of speed illusion, the driver mostly estimates the vehicle speed based on the observed scene movement as a reference, and does not rely solely on the pointer of the vehicle's own speedometer to judge. Roadside scenes tend to overestimate the speed of the vehicle for a long time. When the scenery is low, it is easy to underestimate the speed. After a long period of time, the speed will be adjusted to the speed, and the rest of the speed will be easily miscalculated. In particular, it is very dangerous to misunderstand the high speed. It is for this reason that motor vehicles are driving from the suburbs into the city and are prone to rear-end crashes.

Curvature illusion The speed at which a driver drives on a highway often changes with the curvature of the road. The degree of shifting can also create illusions. Generally speaking, for a circular arc that does not exceed a semicircle, the radius of curvature often felt by the driver is always smaller than the actual radius of curvature. The shorter the arc length is, the smaller the radius of curvature is. Driving on a continuous turn of the mountain, the driver will feel that the mountain is easier to turn than the plain, so it is dangerous to make a sharp turn at high speeds while driving.

The illusion of color in the urban areas and other traffic complex roads, surrounded by colorful scenery, intertwined with each other, easy to distract the driver's attention, especially at night, easy to use the intersection of traffic lights as neon lights; the taillights of the stopped vehicle as the driving vehicle taillights; The brake lights of the car are mistaken for tail lamps. In addition, when wearing sunglasses in summer, it is easy to “filter out” light-colored objects, creating an illusion.

Light illusion Sunlight, light from reflective objects, headlights, and high beam lights at night can make the driver's vision difficult to adapt to, such as the bright windows of flat cars, the shadows alternated by trees in the sunlight, and the wilderness. The reflection of snow, the change of light when entering and exiting the tunnel, etc., all make the driver dizzy and cause illusion of light, resulting in operational errors.