The faster things happen, the less we notice them. This is a reality in all areas of life; also in driving and we do not say it but those who know the most about this… The DGT warns of the tremendous danger of speed for human vision.
We are used to advice, recommendations and teaching memories from traffic experts through social networks, especially Twitter.
The warning that we are echoing today comes in the format of a driving test question (pay attention because it is a real question that you may get on the test if you are an aspiring driver). What it asks is whether speed influences the driver’s field of vision and, as in a real test, there are three possible answers.
Indeed, speed influences the driver’s field of vision: the higher the speed, the smaller the field of vision. Therefore, the correct answer is A. pic.twitter.com/cvIucsM6P1
— Director General Traffic (@DGTes) April 25, 2022
The three possible answers are:
- Yes, the visual field decreases with increasing speed
- Do not
- Yes, the field of view widens with increasing speed
We discard the second because the reality is that there is a relationship between speed and visual field; it remains to be seen whether for the better (increases it) or for the worse (decreases it).
And the correct answer is A because the higher the speed at which we drive, the smaller the field of vision and, at the same time, the amount of information that the driver receives and assimilates is reduced, which causes him to miss many signals and, This decreases security.
As usual, the tweet from the DGT has given rise to numerous responses. Many take advantage of the time and place to criticize the radars; there are those that speak of the relationship between speed and overtaking in a clear allusion to one of the measures of the new Val Traffic and Safety Law that eliminates the 20 km/h margin for overtaking on secondary roads.
