Target fixation - was Fallen Rider from Shiftn Steel MC- Sunday

[Wayne Edelen-2]

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Mike B. <omni@...> wrote:
>
> The folks riding with him at the time may or may not have noticed
> something..and they seem to be saying it was mechanical failure. Apparently
> this guy had some experience at riding, and missing a turn like that seems
> unlikely for an experienced rider (though it is certainly
> possible...everyone makes mistakes, gets distracted at the wrong instant,
> gets tired or whatever), so I'm inclined to assume it was mechanical failure
> of some kind...with "speed as a factor" in the final results.
>


It occurs a lot, Mike.  I've seen it firsthand and it's all over the
'net in videos.  One particular example stands out in my mind - a
cruiser going into a corner (on the Dragon, IIRC), panicking and
driving off the road - then his buddies follow him.  Why?  Target
fixation.

-- Wayne
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[Aki Damme-2]

> ............Why?  Target
> fixation.
>
>
yeah!  Like cops and glazed doughnuts.
<running and ducking>
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[skip-10]

I know that i've been caught by it before...   I hadn't been riding for
a while (6 months), due to bad tires and no dollars.  I finally got the
new treads on and was out scrubbing them in.  I took a turn a little too
fast, and totally fixated on the spot on the guardrail that I was going
to crash into.  it took a ?second?minute?hour? for me to realize what
was happening and to look to where I wanted to go, not where I wanted to
avoid.  I made the turn.

As for the cops...  from my experience, they gravitate towards the jelly
filled.  :~)


--skip

Aki Damme wrote:

>> ............Why?  Target
>> fixation.
>>
>>
> yeah!  Like cops and glazed doughnuts.
> <running and ducking>
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