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Invisibility Training for Motorcyclists

FortNine · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cars, EVs & motorcyclesPsychology & human behavior

What it is

FortNine's tongue-in-cheek guide to why drivers fail to see motorcyclists and how riders can make themselves more visible. It touches on perception psychology, including the role of saccades.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in threads on motorcycle and cyclist safety to explain why drivers look and still miss them.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “There's a great, if a bit cheesy video from FortNine [1]”

    Why motorcyclists are invisible to drivers.

    pdovy, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “US Cities Are Becoming More Dangerous for Cyclists and Pedestrians”

  2. “Also an excellent video here - tongue-in-cheek but highly relevant”

    Tongue-in-cheek but relevant on motorcyclist invisibility.

    alosarv, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Lethal memory fail: Why drivers see, and then forget motorcyclists”

  3. “a longer but more relevant "motorcycle invisibility training" video”

    Longer, more relevant motorcycle invisibility video.

    chrisweekly, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Lethal memory fail: Why drivers see, and then forget motorcyclists”

  4. “FortNine has an amusing video on it”

    Amusing video on why bikes are invisible to drivers.

    jascii, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “Twike”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: motorcycle safety, perception, saccades, driver awareness, road safety

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