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  2. Gravity hill - Wikipedia

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    A gravity hill, also known as a magnetic hill, mystery hill, mystery spot, gravity road, or anti-gravity hill, is a place where the layout of the surrounding land produces an illusion, making a slight downhill slope appear to be an uphill slope. Thus, a car left out of gear will appear to be rolling uphill against gravity. [1]

  3. List of cars with non-standard door designs - Wikipedia

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    Suzuki CV1 – one single door in the car's fiberglass body; Tata Magic Iris – All three doors are conventional doors, 2 doors on the passenger's side and 1 door on the driver's side. TVR Tuscan Speed Six – Conventional front doors, but door handles are in button form under the side mirrors.

  4. List of gravity hills - Wikipedia

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    A gravity hill is a place where a slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope due to the layout of the surrounding land, creating the optical illusion that water flows uphill or that a car left out of gear will roll uphill. Many of these sites have no specific name and are often called just "Gravity Hill", "Magnetic Hill", "Magic Road ...

  5. World's strangest: The road where cars roll uphill

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    Even a car in neutral will look The Electric Brae is a road on which cyclists pedal hard to ride downhill, then rest while coasting uphill. World's strangest: The road where cars roll uphill

  6. Hill-holder - Wikipedia

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    Hill-holders work best for those who are inexperienced with manual shift techniques, or in situations with heavy traffic in steep hilly conditions (as in San Francisco, or Duluth for example). However the same technique can be accomplished by a driver through the use of the manual parking brake lever, coordinated with the brake, clutch, gear ...

  7. Vehicle blind spot - Wikipedia

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    The blue car's driver sees the green car through the mirrors but cannot see the red car without turning to check the blind spot (the mirrors are not properly adjusted) As one is driving an automobile , blind spots are the areas of the road that cannot be seen while looking forward or through either the rear-view or side mirrors (expecting that ...

  8. Electric Brae - Wikipedia

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    The road that appears to be running downhill is actually running uphill, and vice versa. Photographs taken from the middle of the brae. The Electric Brae is a gravity hill in South Ayrshire, Scotland, where a freewheeling vehicle will appear to be drawn uphill by some mysterious attraction. The phenomenon is an optical illusion.

  9. 109 Times People Were Doing Something Very Wrong For Years - AOL

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    Image credits: milwbrewsox #7. My wife and I have this ceiling fan/light in our bedroom in the house we moved into two years ago. It has a remote control for the fan and lights.