The present movie is one of the textbook examples of how bad point or target fixation can be. For those who don't know what point fixation is, we'll brinfly describe it as over-focusing on the obstacle or other potential danger and failing to assess the much needed solutions to avoid crashing into the respective things.
Which, in a huge number of cases, actually happens in the end. Now, the footage of the actual accident starts around 00:40, but you see the camera guy almost inexplicably swerving into the already crashed rider on the right side of the road, even thou himself was on the safe side of the lane and had actually no business at the end of the road whatsoever.
The camera guy had forgotten the “look where you want to go” rule and as a result, he ended up crashing exactly in the bike in front of him.
Being able to detach yourself from the actual event or obstacle and start searching for the best way to get out of the way of the potential danger is an instinct which takes a lot if training, though, so we can;t really blame those crashing because of it.
The camera guy had forgotten the “look where you want to go” rule and as a result, he ended up crashing exactly in the bike in front of him.
Being able to detach yourself from the actual event or obstacle and start searching for the best way to get out of the way of the potential danger is an instinct which takes a lot if training, though, so we can;t really blame those crashing because of it.
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