Originally Posted by
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Situational awareness is knowing AND understanding what is happening around you, understanding the dynamics of your environment and using that information to predict how events within your environment will change with time.
Right.
I mentally reprimand MYSELF if anything or anyone surprises me with a potentially unsafe situation. Then I catalog these instances in order to learn from them and prevent being caught off guard in a similar incident. I consider it %100 my responsibility to keep myself safe.