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Old 20-05-2010, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Glenhuon View Post
Theres a stretch of road in Scotland that gives this illusion. Called the "Electric Brae". If you stop your car at what is apparently the bottom of a hill and knock it out of gear it appears to roll up. Its created by the landscape around the road.
There is also a road similar to this near Mount Macedon and Hanging Rock (Vic) which does the same thing. I won't divulge the actual road name, but you stop on the road and release your brakes and you roll "up hill". Again an illusion of the surrounding hills.
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