Bugs
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Hi everybody, I have got some bad experiences with riding on the highway and was wondering if there were more people who have had this. This has nothing to do with bad experiences with the motorcycle but with my mental state while driving.
It now has occurred multiple times that I was driving on the highway for not that long of a time (yesterday it occurred after about 10 minutes) where my mind is in a different state. Normally when I drive I am pretty active, checking my speed, mirrors, other drivers on the road, what they are doing, scenery, birds that are flying. You name it and I am actively processing it. However it occurred now multiple times that after some time on the highway my mind gets blank and my reaction time plummets, it is hard to concentrate on what I am doing (100km/h on a highway). I notice that making physical movements (like throttling down, braking, changing lanes) is still possible, however not at the speed that I am used to. I usually stop at the nearest gas station to take a break (eventhough it's like I have said, me only driving for 10 minutes) and then continue my way.
The first time that I noticed this happening was in 2019 on my way back from a 4000km trip around the Baltic Sea. And since then it has occured every once in a while (only on the highway, never on the backroads). It's a bit frighting to experience and was wondering if there were more people who have somewhat of the same experience and how they deal with this.
Some background information: Currently 31 years old, I am driving motorcycle since I was 22 in all different kinds of seasons/weather.
It now has occurred multiple times that I was driving on the highway for not that long of a time (yesterday it occurred after about 10 minutes) where my mind is in a different state. Normally when I drive I am pretty active, checking my speed, mirrors, other drivers on the road, what they are doing, scenery, birds that are flying. You name it and I am actively processing it. However it occurred now multiple times that after some time on the highway my mind gets blank and my reaction time plummets, it is hard to concentrate on what I am doing (100km/h on a highway). I notice that making physical movements (like throttling down, braking, changing lanes) is still possible, however not at the speed that I am used to. I usually stop at the nearest gas station to take a break (eventhough it's like I have said, me only driving for 10 minutes) and then continue my way.
The first time that I noticed this happening was in 2019 on my way back from a 4000km trip around the Baltic Sea. And since then it has occured every once in a while (only on the highway, never on the backroads). It's a bit frighting to experience and was wondering if there were more people who have somewhat of the same experience and how they deal with this.
Some background information: Currently 31 years old, I am driving motorcycle since I was 22 in all different kinds of seasons/weather.