Originally Posted by
FBinNY
We are the result of hundreds of thousands of years of evolution. Our eyes, and the way that our brain processes the images that they receive, are very well suited to creeping up on unsuspecting antelopes and spotting threats such as sabre-toothed tigers.
These threats are largely gone and they’ve been replaced by vehicles travelling towards us at high speeds. This, we’ve not yet adapted to deal with.
This was also covered in the book "Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do." In the book they point out several tricks of the eye that have been done with roadway design, because our eyes are not well suited to high speeds.
Of course the obvious solution is simply to slow down traffic... but no driver ever wants to do this, heck, they hardly want to drive the speed limit.
HOWEVER... in ANY situation in which one, as a driver, cannot clearly ascertain enough information to safely proceed, one should ALWAYS SLOW DOWN. Or, in this case, move ahead cautiously.