Yep, my peripheral vision (side vision; what is seen on the side by the eye when looking straight ahead.) has directed me, through thinking, out of some dangerous situations...
Now that I think about it, yes, I do on occasion have to think sideways. I like to turn my monitor so the long dimension is vertical. That makes it much easier to fully appraise bikinis, monokinis, and notkinis. (A monokini is half of a bikini, and a notkini is simply nothing.) That requires to right click the desktop, select Resolution, and change "Landscape" to "Portrait". Then I get a confirmation screen, which requires me to move the mouse horizontally to move the cursor vertically, and get it over to the "Yes" box. It takes some practice.