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KGxvi  May 12, 2016 • 9:51:04am

I used to drive somewhat regularly between LA and Phoenix or LA and Las Vegas. One trip to or from Phoenix, I am pretty sure I lost about an hour on the 10. I looked up, checked the clock and thought, “huh, that’s weird.” Those long straight stretches of road can do that to you.

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CuriousLurker  May 12, 2016 • 3:32:39pm

re: #1 KGxvi

It’s been my experience that it’s not just long stretches, it’s any repetitive route. In my previous life (i.e. for the 17+ years I was a taxi driver, heh) I would regularly leave the airport with passengers then suddenly, 15-20 minutes later, find myself exiting from the freeway into downtown without any memory of the time in between except for maybe the conversation with my passengers. It weirded me out, big time.

You also get to where you can tell when another driver is going to do something stupid or dangerous. Sometimes I even used to tell my passengers, “Look—see that car? S/he’s gonna [insert stupid move],” and sure enough they’d do it every time. I’m not sure how I knew… I mean it wasn’t like some sort of psychic woo-woo thing, I think it was more like subconsciously picking up on subtle cues after having repeatedly seen behavior x result in action y. Or something like that.

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KGxvi  May 13, 2016 • 9:45:20am

re: #2 CuriousLurker

I probably average somewhere over 100 miles a day in the car in my current job. But I haven’t had any missing stretches anymore. More likely is the missed freeway interchange - which I suppose is probably related.


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