![]() Similar to the movies and TV shows that used to showcase a person being hypnotized by watching a spiraling line that keeps going and going, the same thing is said to affect you when it is a painted line on the highway that appears to go eternally. The belief is that you can become somewhat hypnotized by the roadway. In contrast, driving on a lengthy mountain road, or through an endless desert, or on any prolonged straightaway is oftentimes bereft of any notable visual stimuli. It is patently obvious that driving in a hectic city environment you are bombarded by stimuli and your mind has to be going at its peak performance (well, we hope so, for your sake and the other nearby drivers). This trance could be induced via driving when there are little or no roadway changes or other alluring attractors that keep your head in the game. You were told repeatedly to be on the watch for your mind going into a kind of mental trance. It used to be that newbie teenage drivers were strictly warned about the evils of highway hypnosis. Yes, you might remember learning in a driver training class about the dangers of highway hypnosis. What is happening to you during this long and uneventful drive? The highway is a simple open path that requires no particular mental gymnastics to contend with. There isn’t anything worthy of devoting any mental contortions toward. Your mind is operating on a sluggish basis, and you almost have an emptiness of thought processes. Your eyes have that glassy and faraway appearance. If someone could see your face, they would probably notice a somewhat expressionless look. You are on a kind of highway treadmill that just seems to be endlessly running the same path over and over again. How long have you been driving on this darned road? The lack of external stimuli such as pedestrians, other cars, bicycle riders, and the like has altered your perception of time and space. The driving is so mesmerizing that you begin to lose a sense of time. Your mind is floating away from the matters underway, meanwhile, your body and limbs are doing the right thing by staying glued to the driving controls. It is as though your body, essentially your legs and arms, are working without you having to put any conscious thought into the matter. ![]() Of course, it goes without saying that you have even worse opinions about those that try to drink and drive.Īs the monotony of the driving journey starts to grab up your mind, you almost feel as though you are no longer occupying your body. You loathe people that try to drive while drowsy. That is definitely not going to happen to you. You know that being sleepy while driving is highly dangerous. The good news is that you were wide awake and had several cups of coffee before you got onto the highway. Indeed, you are driving a car at speeds exceeding 65 miles per hour and are hurdling along at a pace that doesn’t seem fast to you, but if anyone was standing by the roadside you would zoom right past them. When those gruff spots occur, it kind of sparks you to remember that you are driving a car. Occasional bumps arise from having the tires go over a rough patch on the highway, providing an almost welcome respite from the otherwise tedium and boredom of this driving trek. Your hands are securely and fully on the steering wheel, occasionally making microscopic adjustments to ensure that the vehicle remains stridently going straight ahead on this everlasting straightaway. Your right foot is pressing down on the accelerator pedal with a constant amount of force, and you are maintaining a consistent speed. For driving purposes, you are merely having to keep your car within the lines of your lane. You begin to find yourself becoming somewhat preoccupied with the lines and lane markers of the highway. About the only man-made item is the laid-down asphalt of the highway and the painted roadway lines that seem to extend to the furthest horizon. There aren’t any flashy billboards or other eye-catching hallmarks. The overall scenery on this highway is admittedly a bit drab. This is a relief in comparison to the daily commute that you undertake each day when going to work in a busy downtown city area. Now, it is just you and the expansive highway. ![]() For miles on end, you haven’t encountered any traffic. You are driving along on a lengthy stretch of an open highway. Gloriously, you seem to have the roadway entirely to yourself. On a long, monotonous trip, the AI driving system programmed to focus on objects can go into a type of highway hypnosis, a “trance,” and zone out.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |