Originally Posted by CrosseyedCrickt
I'm a bit confused, as I usually am since I am almost always in a drunken stuper.
But I know one thing for sure. I can drive a car in the middle of the night with no lighting other than my fog lamps, and still see a dog in the middle of the road. I'm sure almost all of you can! So how could I even begin to convince myself that I wouldn't see a person on a bike, who is just a wee bit taller than a dog.
You are confusing "ability to see" with "notice".
Google for "inattentional blindness".