# Traffic jams due to gapers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-jams-due-to-gapers/441069>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 12, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-jams-due-to-gapers/441069 "2008-03-12T02:47:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-jams-due-to-gapers/441069/81 "2008-03-17T05:42:23Z")

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[QUOTE=fessie]  
Someone already has a patent for a portable screen to prevent gawking. [Link.](http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7109885-description.html)

[Here’s a story from Vanderbilt](http://www.vanderbilt.edu/exploration_dev/news/news_rubberneck.htm) that talks about “emotion induced blindness.”  
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Huh, I had absolutely no problem seeing the target image in any of the sequences. Guess that’s why I don’t rubberneck 😉

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