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Show HILLTOP TIMES 4 TimEs Jan. 10, 2013 'Twas the nighttime to drive and it wasn't a lark "Where's the Cheese?" is a series of articles addressing Human Factors, their role in safety issues on base and in preventing accidents of all types. what we are doing with our car comes from visual cues. At night those visual cues decrease dramatically and are centered mostly on what is visible through the headlights. Headlights usually illuminate only up to 300 feet, and that's with the high beams on. This equals roughly 10 percent of what it usually is during the day. Depth perception, or how near or far an object is, can be affected due to the lack of contrast on that object. Color recognition can also be affected due to the fact that the cone cells in our eye which are responsible for color vision Where's the BY TECH. SGT. LOUIS LONGINOTTI 75 AMDS/SGPZ discuss the visual limitations ere at Aerospace and that can put you in critical danOperational Physiolger if you aren't ready for them. As humans, we were not ogy, we hope everyone designed to operate during had a great Thanksgiving, and an awesome holiday season! I hours of darkness. If we were, wanted to discuss an issue that the light bulb would never have you deal with whether you real- made it into the book of great ize it or not. inventions. The point is, while behind the The issue is driving at night. More specifically, I wanted to wheel, most of what dictates H are no longer being stimulated by light. Instead we are using a mix of photopic (daytime) and scotopic (nighttime) vision called mesopic vision, in which both day and nighttime vision are at work. This is why colors become quite a bit more difficult to discern at night. Your peripheral vision can also be affected primarily due to the fact that our head lights shine straight ahead. So what are some things we can do to keep us a little safer behind the wheel at night? Well for starters, please SLOW DOWN and stay off the cellphone! Use a scanning technique, keep your eyes moving, and try not to focus on just what is illuminated by the headlights. Next, beware of the glare. Keep a clean windshield and try not to turn on the interior car lights, like the overhead lights and such. Also, try not to stare at those oncoming car headlights, as they can really wash out the nighttime vision you had going for you. Most importantly, keep your situational awareness up and please stay safe behind the wheel at night. From the 75th AMDS, this is Tech. Sgt "Lucky" Longinotti wishing you a great 2013! IDEAs can be submitted at https://ipds.csd.disa.mil We've Moved to bldg 1235! NOW OPEN r 4 ,••••'" I - The Fresh Choice On Base Col. Sarah Zabel, 75th Air Base Wing commander, answers questions during an exit interview, as Mitch Shaw, Standard-Examiner journalist, takes notes on Jan. 3. From page 1 challenge forces us to take a look at what we are doing, how we do things and it forces us to be more efficient. It forces us to prioritize and make some tough choices. So it is a pretty ugly process, it's a rigorous process. In the end we will make some efficiency gains, we will stop doing some things that we really don't need to do. And I am sure we are going to have some restrictions and losses that we wouldn't want to take on. While the Air Force is going through these challenges how do you think an Airman can prepare himself for the Air Force of the future and as the current challenges are ongoing? The Air Force still has a lot of opportunities and it's always been the case that Airmen needed to learn how to do their job well and that hasn't changed. We just see the results more intensely. So Airmen still need to be the technical experts in their field, they still need to be leaders and followers and practice good teamwork. That really hasn't changed. Do you think that the time Airmen must spend on their education is well justified in this climate? For Airmen and civilians as well? Oh, yes, it always is. We are the most respected air and space force in the world and it's not because of our equipment, it's because of our people. And part of that is the self-improvement that we expect, we make it a requirement of a person's career, that they continually improve. What are you going to miss the most about your job at Hill Air Force Base the most and the area in general? (In regards to) the area I've enjoyed the skiing, I've enjoyed the outdoor life. I've been to visit the national parks. That has been absolutely great. I will definitely miss that. (In regards to) the community, have made some close bonds with some of our community members and I am just going to miss them terribly. We have such a wonderful group of people right outside our gates. The council of governments 4 that's been a continuing joy. The Top of Utah Military Affairs Committee, I've been involved with them and that has also been a great deal of fun. So, I'm really going to miss our community. Everywhere you go, if you're in uniform, there's someone thanking you for your service. It's such a supportive community, I'm very much going to miss that. And then the people in the air base wing who work so hard every day, I'm just going to miss them so much. Come see why Farmington Crossing was voted Community of the Year by the Utah Home Builders Association I What will you take with you from your experiences at Hill Air Force Base? What did you learn? From my own personal growth, I think it has been a job of working with peers to get a job done. In the military, we always work in a hierarchy, we always know where we are in the hierarchy. But here, especially since the reorganization, it really has been a case of building a coalition, of teamwork with people who don't work for you, or you don't work for them, it really is working with peers and that has been a new experience. I've always been told that your position here is similar to like mayor of the community. 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