"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 46 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

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

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

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