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ELI5: Why is target fixation much more common on motorcycles than when driving a car?
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Have you ever heard the expression "where the eyes are so goes the hands"?  If you are driving a car and stare at something in the rear view mirror you will more often than not end up drifting off to the right. Same as if you are watching something to the left. Your brain is directing your body in the direction of your eyes. In a car though, your only manipulation of direction is your hands turning the steering wheel. On a motorcycle many factors come in to play, handlebar input, center of gravity changing, even the use of the brake and throttle. Turning your head to look at where you want your bike to go in a corner does a couple of different things. It helps your mind to make the decisions on how much to lean, slow down, speed up or turn the bars to get to where your eyes are telling it it wants to go. There is one more thing that's makes it more common. It helps to suppress the fear of falling over. Something you don't have when your in a car.