A little psychology experiment.
Discussion
I want you to close your eyes and think about changing lane from lane 1 to lane 3.
Now, put your hands out in front of you as if you were holding the steering wheel, and act out the process of steering the car.
Now post up describing what you did, e.g.
1. Started with wheel straight
2. Turned wheel to the right (or left for our foreign cousins)
3. etc. etc.
Now, put your hands out in front of you as if you were holding the steering wheel, and act out the process of steering the car.
Now post up describing what you did, e.g.
1. Started with wheel straight
2. Turned wheel to the right (or left for our foreign cousins)
3. etc. etc.
1)Checked rear mirror
2)lent forward to check door mirror
3)looked over my shoulder and indicated.
4)wohaaa, where the f
k did that BMW come from, tosser must be doing 120
5)shouted at BMW driver
6)received finger from BMW driver
7)beeped horn and gave finger to BMW driver.
8)Wife shouted at me for not seeing BMW driver.
9)Told the wife to stfu the idiot came out of nowhere.
10)wife tells me not to tell her to stfu
11)ask wife if she wants to drive.
12)wife says her mother warned her about me
13)tell wife her mother is mental too
14)wife says don't talk about my mother.
15)ask wife why not the old bag talks about me
16)wife is now giving me the silent treatment.
17)ohh ffs missed my exit
18)wife calls me stupid for missing exit.
19)I think sod this I am going home.
2)lent forward to check door mirror
3)looked over my shoulder and indicated.
4)wohaaa, where the f
k did that BMW come from, tosser must be doing 1205)shouted at BMW driver
6)received finger from BMW driver
7)beeped horn and gave finger to BMW driver.
8)Wife shouted at me for not seeing BMW driver.
9)Told the wife to stfu the idiot came out of nowhere.
10)wife tells me not to tell her to stfu
11)ask wife if she wants to drive.
12)wife says her mother warned her about me
13)tell wife her mother is mental too
14)wife says don't talk about my mother.
15)ask wife why not the old bag talks about me
16)wife is now giving me the silent treatment.
17)ohh ffs missed my exit
18)wife calls me stupid for missing exit.
19)I think sod this I am going home.
Sheets Tabuer said:
1)Checked rear mirror
2)lent forward to check door mirror
3)looked over my shoulder and indicated.
4)wohaaa, where the fk did that BMW come from, tosser must be doing 120
5)shouted at BMW driver
6)received finger from BMW driver
7)beeped horn and gave finger to BMW driver.
8)Wife shouted at me for not seeing BMW driver.
9)Told the wife to stfu the idiot came out of nowhere.
10)wife tells me not to tell her to stfu
11)ask wife if she wants to drive.
12)wife says her mother warned her about me
13)tell wife her mother is mental too
14)wife says don't talk about my mother.
15)ask wife why not the old bag talks about me
16)wife is now giving me the silent treatment.
17)ohh ffs missed my exit
18)wife calls me stupid for missing exit.
19)I think sod this I am going home.
2)lent forward to check door mirror
3)looked over my shoulder and indicated.
4)wohaaa, where the f
k did that BMW come from, tosser must be doing 1205)shouted at BMW driver
6)received finger from BMW driver
7)beeped horn and gave finger to BMW driver.
8)Wife shouted at me for not seeing BMW driver.
9)Told the wife to stfu the idiot came out of nowhere.
10)wife tells me not to tell her to stfu
11)ask wife if she wants to drive.
12)wife says her mother warned her about me
13)tell wife her mother is mental too
14)wife says don't talk about my mother.
15)ask wife why not the old bag talks about me
16)wife is now giving me the silent treatment.
17)ohh ffs missed my exit
18)wife calls me stupid for missing exit.
19)I think sod this I am going home.
Also, in regards to number 2, why not adjust the mirror so that you don't need to lean to use it?
TheLurker said:
Wheel to the right, straighten up, wheel to the left.
Same as that, two stages.Mirror, indicate, check blind spot, (I tend to do it truck style, indicate to lay a claim on the next slot) turn right and jump one lane, straighten, mirror again, turn right and jump the next lane, cancel indicator (or reset indicator if it clicked off on the first swap and it was clear)
There is no wonder we're crap at Science in the UK - and it's not even Friday!The point of the experiment is that the process used to drive is called procedural memory and is very very difficult to access. The majority of people will describe the following:
1 Turn Right
2 Straighten wheel
and they omit the final act of turning left again. It works better if you get someone to act it out in front of you - try it in your offices and see how many people do it correctly.
ETA Well done the lurker, you're one of the rare few who can tap into the process of how you drive.
stabbed rat said:
Sheets Tabuer said:
1)Checked rear mirror
2)lent forward to check door mirror
3)looked over my shoulder and indicated.
4)wohaaa, where the fk did that BMW come from, tosser must be doing 120
5)shouted at BMW driver
6)received finger from BMW driver
7)beeped horn and gave finger to BMW driver.
8)Wife shouted at me for not seeing BMW driver.
9)Told the wife to stfu the idiot came out of nowhere.
10)wife tells me not to tell her to stfu
11)ask wife if she wants to drive.
12)wife says her mother warned her about me
13)tell wife her mother is mental too
14)wife says don't talk about my mother.
15)ask wife why not the old bag talks about me
16)wife is now giving me the silent treatment.
17)ohh ffs missed my exit
18)wife calls me stupid for missing exit.
19)I think sod this I am going home.
2)lent forward to check door mirror
3)looked over my shoulder and indicated.
4)wohaaa, where the f
k did that BMW come from, tosser must be doing 1205)shouted at BMW driver
6)received finger from BMW driver
7)beeped horn and gave finger to BMW driver.
8)Wife shouted at me for not seeing BMW driver.
9)Told the wife to stfu the idiot came out of nowhere.
10)wife tells me not to tell her to stfu
11)ask wife if she wants to drive.
12)wife says her mother warned her about me
13)tell wife her mother is mental too
14)wife says don't talk about my mother.
15)ask wife why not the old bag talks about me
16)wife is now giving me the silent treatment.
17)ohh ffs missed my exit
18)wife calls me stupid for missing exit.
19)I think sod this I am going home.
Also, in regards to number 2, why not adjust the mirror so that you don't need to lean to use it?
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