Night driving
As drivers and humans, we are myopic to say the least. We tend to see things from our narrow perspective as balanced and accurate. It’s a given, humans (and drivers of vehicles) are selfish. After all, each one of us is a “self.” We can’t help but be selfish. The danger of this, of course, is projecting onto others abilities we possess or don’t possess. Take for example, night driving. We often assume when driving at night everyone sees what we see. Not so – not by a long shot. According to AASHTO’s Geometric Design of Highways and Streets,”…for every decade after age 25, drivers need twice the brightness at night to receive visual information. Hence, by age 75, some drivers may need 32 times the brightness they did at age 25.” Myopic, when driving, not so good.
