"Highway Hypnosis" is a well documented phenomenon. Your body is essentially autopiloting the drive. It most commonly happens when you're driving a route you're familiar with, like a commute.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And it doesn’t only happen to people with ADHD.

[–] Distractor@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

This may be true but people with ADHD are significantly more likely to have car accidents. This is a well studied and documented phenomenon. Just because it happens to others doesn't mean it isn't a serious ADHD risk.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This happens to me while on my ebike sometimes and always gets me into the most dangerous close calls

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Always happens to me on highways and makes me a safer driver. I keep speed limits and distances better and drive more defensively.