Awareness test

[woodboats]

Came across this funny little test..

Failed it also!
http://www.dothetest.co.uk/

[Stromble]

Cool,

I passed, but then, I wasnt counting the balls.. :)

Bloody good though..

[Kittyhawk]

It was easy..

[mynameis]

Yeah that's a good one, seen a similar thing with a "monkey" walking by.

Passed the test counted 13 but didn't see the "bear". Good drill aye.

Just shows if we're fixated on one thing we won't be aware of other things around us.

[Mikkel]

Yep, thought provoking isn't it?

Got the passes, missed the bear...

[Kittyhawk]

I feel slightly strange...at the fact I wasnt like the rest eeep...

[Stromble]

Did no one see the guy on the R1 pulling a wheely in the background...?

[Livvy]

That's terrible, I failed both the counting (missed one because of glare on my screen) and didn't even notice the bear.

But hmmm, isn't there a thread up somewhere talking about something like this, about how drivers will more easily "see" cyclists/horses/pedestrians etc as their car is a threat to them, other cars as a threat to their car, but won't see motorbikers as helmets hide our faces (so we don't register as "human" or "living") and we're not a threat?

[mxracer_nz]

iam pretty sure if you didnt see the bear you failed... monkeys could count the passes

[motorbike.ventures]

hehehe, that was cool...

I didn't see the bear but I wasn't even counting the passes cause the internet connection was choppy.... and I still didn't see the bear, lol

[disenfranchised]

Downside of this of course is they'll put the bear in a high-vis vest and do the same thing...and everyone will see him.

And then all of a sudden we be required by law to wear em!!

[Livvy]

Touch wood mate!

Let's hope they damn well don't... Got nothing against hi-vis, great idea I think, but let us make our own choices 'cause I'm sure as hell just gonna stick to black with reflector patches.

[St_Gabriel]

Ok so after stuffing my first attempt and forgetting the link to the video, and the post getting subsequently dumped into PD...

Got sent an email from a friend a month ago and decided to post it here for others to see (after finding a link online to the video)

And i sure as hell didnt see it

Please dont spoil the impact with any comments posted

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http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w97/peterboo1/fifebikers%20com/?action=view&current=think-jugadores-publiTV.flv

[Bren]

good video...good point!

[Nasty]

Great vid ... and really good points!

[Headbanger]

Stuck out like dogs balls.

Especially as that was when the video decided to stop and do some buffering.




(And I had seen it before............)

[martybabe]

I think I'm really good at this stuff but I still failed, so much so, I played it again to check. A very valid point made. :shifty:

[Subike]

very good.......

[Patar]

not a valid point.
he was the same size and shape as anyone of the people on the black team (It doesn't even look like a bear when you focus on it, not to mention his moonwalk is shite).

I would say most people saw him but took no notice as there was no reason to.

Likening it driving a car is kind of silly because car drivers barely look at what's going on around them anyways, they don't notice you because their attention is diverted, they don't see you because they don't look.

[10bikekid]

Lol :laugh: could use that as a spiritual parallel

[Spuds1234]

not to mention his moonwalk is shite

Yip, he was lifting the heal on the foot that he was dragging backwards, which is wrong. He needed to lift the heal on his right foot then drag the left foot backwards while keeping his left heal down, then do the same again but swap the feet around if that makes sense.

[rastuscat]

The next time someone gets taken out by someone who fails to see them, think of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mFF4tuAxqY&feature=related

Amazing.

[scumdog]

Spotted it as it left to the left (so to speak).

And first time too.

[lostinflyz]

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Thats brillant. Mwah hahahahaha

[riffer]

Just watched it with Tim, my nine year old.

We both missed it. :crybaby:

[rastuscat]

not a valid point.
he was the same size and shape as anyone of the people on the black team (It doesn't even look like a bear when you focus on it, not to mention his moonwalk is shite).

I would say most people saw him but took no notice as there was no reason to.

Likening it driving a car is kind of silly because car drivers barely look at what's going on around them anyways, they don't notice you because their attention is diverted, they don't see you because they don't look.

Tripe !!

I showed this to lots of people yesterday, and the vast majority failed.

I've attended lots and lots of crashes where people have said they didn't see the oncoming car, bike, cycle, truck etc, and always thought they were talking rubbish. Now I am more understanding.

Amazing how some people can read whatever they want into what is basically a very simple message.