Eye movement in ordinary tasks

Eye movements while driving a car in a difficult situation

Each of these film frames (Aufnahme) numbers 4 to 6 correspond aproximately to 0.5 seconds of a sequence. The left column shows the novice, the right shows the experienced driver.

Picture (Bild) 97 shows that the experienced driver checks the curve and even has fixation number 9 left to look at a bird (?) while the novice still struggles with checking the road and estimating the distance to the parked car.

Picture 99 shows that the novice is busy estimating the distance between the left wall and the parked car, while the experienced driver can use his peripheral vision for that and concentrates on the dangerous point of the curve: If a car appears there he has to react and stop to the right before passing the parked car.

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