BOOK YOUR SEAT FOR: NOVEMBER'S ONLINE TALK EVENT - SCIENCE OF BEING SEEN - full presentation: Monday November 20 at 8pm DESCRIPTION: A 60 minute session looking at the issues of behind the 'Sorry Mate I Didn't See You' collision between a motorcycle and another vehicle. DETAILS: The Science Of Being Seen (SOBS) - WHAT IS IT? A magician knows that the 'world' we see has been built entirely inside our brains and that this can be used to fool the audience. And the audience knows that they are about to be fooled, yet still can't spot the tricks. Riding a motorcycle or a scooter, we're the magician and the road users around us are our audience. Our magic power is invisibility, but there are a couple of extra deceptions involved. All too often the motorcyclist doesn't realise he / she is about to fool the audience. And the motorcyclist's audience of drivers doesn't know the biker is a magician either. Based on decades of scientific research into these crashes and originally created for the fire services' BIKER DOWN courses, SOBS is out and about on the road, talking to groups and clubs across the country and internationally revealing the secrets of our very own motorcycling invisibility show. SOBS has even been delivered to the Met Police BikeSafe team! The talk is in THREE parts: PART ONE - we'll investigate how the human eye and brain work together to interpret the world around us to explain why drivers continue to fail to spot motorcycles PART TWO - we'll explore just why hi-vis clothing and day-riding lights have proven largely ineffective in reducing the SMIDSY collision PART THREE - we'll see how to use conspicuity aids more effectively, day and night, and we'll conclude by looking at pro-active riding strategies that reduce the risks of being caught out by someone else's error TICKETS - tickets for all talks cost £6 - I have never received any funding for my work on SOBS so income from tickets & book sales is ploughed back into my further research and writing, plus expenses including website hosting. BONUS BUY - DON'T FORGET that all orders above £5.00 unlock the Ko-Fi supporter-only content for a month! NOVEMBER'S ONLINE TALK EVENT - SCIENCE OF BEING SEEN - full presentation: Monday November 20 at 8pm VIRTUAL DOORS OPEN AT 7:55 IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT LIVE all talks available on 'catch-up' for at least 72 hours after the live presentation