Does anyone know what this is called?

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This is something that I notice regularly in people who I assume to be neurotypical, so I?m not referring to it as an autistic trait.

I often witness people walking around a blind corner at a high rate of speed and be taken quite by surprise when they collide with someone or something on the other side. It is as if they forgot to plan ahead for unforeseen obstacles, or assumed that since they could see nothing around the corner then nothing was there, or perhaps were so lost in their own thoughts that they lost track of their surroundings.

I realize I am describing this awkwardly but it is the best I can do. Does anyone recognize this phenomenon and know what it is called or why it happens? It has become quite a curiosity of mine, and knowing the name/cause of it will allow me to remove it from my ?restricted interest? list before it morphs into an obsession.

Thanks!

not being careful or not watching where you're going. maybe?

it often happens to me at school when i'm full of thoughts but not as much anywhere else.

Would "distracted" be a fair name then?

The person turning RIGHT around the corner is following the normal flow of traffic and keeping right. The person turning LEFT, though, is on the wrong side of the sidewalk/hallway/whatever. No wonder the person turning right is surprised to run into someone else coming around the corner!

^ It is amazing how many people don't follow this "rule" nowadays. It should be almost instinct, right?

So true...in hallways and on sidewalks, people are wandering all over...guess they never heard of 'Keep to the right'.

I usually just stand still until they decide where they are going.

I do that too! Unless they're engossed in a mobile device and likely to trample me, then I'll give them a sharp "heads up!"