The system will send audible and visual alerts at first in an attempt to get your attention back, and can eventually "apply the brakes on its own" if the previous warnings prove futile.
At some point when you pull out your childhood photos, or attempt to watch your honeymoon videos, you will see that the colors are no longer as brilliant as you remember them.
Therefore, when my staff visits, we will most likely stare at each other in a desperate attempt to find some justification for wasting your time and paying the salary of the IRS employee.
This "looking through" I interpret as similar to the way the door security guy at a posh night club "looks through" you as you attempt to persuade him your are on the guest list.