Inattentional blindness is what happens when you see something but don’t actually perceive it. When the brain is overloaded or focused on higher-priority demands, important details can go unnoticed simply because they aren’t being processed as relevant in that moment. This phenomenon is one reason many pedestrian crashes occur, including front-over incidents. Last week, I was involved in a pedestrian collision where the driver left the scene. I’m okay, but I don’t believe the driver was being malicious. In fact, I don’t think they saw me at all. I think they were startled by what happened and reacted without fully understanding it. #Spedestriansafety #carculture #transit #urbanism #walkablecities