"Human attention, in the best of circumstances, is……" — Tom Vanderbilt
"Human attention, in the best of circumstances, is a fluid but fragile entity. Beyond a certain threshold, the more that is asked of it, the less well it performs. When this happens in a psychological experiment, it is interesting. When it happens in traffic, it can be fatal."
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Tom Vanderbilt
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8 Quotes by Tom Vanderbilt
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The way humans hunt for parking and the way animals hunt for food are not as different as you might…
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The road, more than simply a system of regulations and designs, is a place where many millions of us, with…
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Men may or may not be better drivers than women, but they seem to die more often trying to prove…
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As Harvard University psychologist Daniel Gilbert argues, 'You can't adapt to commuting, because it's entirely unpredictable. Driving in traffic is…
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Many traffic signs have become like placebos, giving false comfort to the afflicted, or simple boilerplate to ward off lawsuits,…
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Whether advanced driver training helps drivers in the long term is one of those controversial and unresolved mysteries of the…
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The relative ease of most driving lures us into thinking we can get away with doing other things. Indeed, those…
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