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human
how are we able to see at really high speeds? why does the "binocular vision" effect happen?

 to add context to the question: i used to street race when i was a young and irresponsible lad. when approaching speeds at the 160+ MPH range, things in my peripheral (streetlamps, trees...etc) would get blurry, BUT the center of my vision would become super detailed, to the point where i could see cars miles away ahead of me and judge their approximate speeds with considerable accuracy. i used to chalk this up to adrenaline and my brain somehow doing something to compensate in order to stay alive -biological imperative and whatnot- but now i'm not so sure..
 

so my question is two-fold, what exactly is going on that allows me nigh-super-human vision at high speeds, and why would humans evolve to be able to perform such feats? especially given the fact that we hardly traveled over 20 MPH for millions of years of evolution?
gpt
Things in your peripheral actually _are_ blurry.  Photoreceptor density is very high on the fovea (center of your vision) and very low outside, particularly if you're trying to see color.

Normally, we adapt to this by bouncing our eyes around alot -- a process called saccades.  When you were driving, you most likely suppressed this entire system, meaning all you were seeing was the tunnel in front of you.

We have a really adaptive sensory system, particularly if life is at stake.