Elecric braes

[diane1]

My daughter age 9 needs some info on how and why electric braes produce the optical illusion they do! I'm stumped all I know is that they are great fun and it might be handy if anyone knew of any really good examples she could mention in her finished project.

[strozzi]

Fear not Diane. If you do a Google search for " electric brae " you will find many fine examples of this strange phenomenom that your young daughter can use in her project. If you don't have enough information after you've googled then just post another question here and we'll see what we can dig up for you. Happy to help.

[paulz]

Diane - spooky but true - I was nine when I went along the one in Milngavie, it was wierd. Try a combination of these two sites, one has a diagram of how it works the other has some good pictures. http://www.mcintyre.demon.co.uk/local/electbrae.ht
m http://www.a-h-a.co.uk/attractions/electric_brae.htm Tell your daughter I couldn't beleive my own eyes!

[paulz]

Diane - sorry forgot to mention there's definately more than one, I think there's one in NZ one in Ireland. There was a recent qu on here about them, but I can't find it. Perhaps one of the "experts" or AB Editor can locate it in the archive. I think the gist of how it works is that the hedges & fences get higher or lower [depending which way you're heading] while the road does the opposite. So when you are really going downhill you're going up & vice versa. Hope that helps ;+D))

[AB Editor]

This is the link paulz mentions: http://new.theanswerbank.co.uk/DisplayAnswers.go?q
uestion_id=26304&category_id=18&index=0

[diane1]

blimey you've all been soooo helpfull, myself and my daughter are very greatful, many thanks.

[xyzzy@bok]

Oh! you mean magnetic hills! we got them in Isle of Man too.

[Spellmaster]

grateful (not greatful); definite (not definate)

[strozzi]

Well, well, well. Look who's back. Where have you been Spellbinder ?

[diane1]

ohhhhhhh, please forgive my awfull speling spellmaster, it is an efliction i've lived with all my life, perhapes with your gentil guidense i may yet overcome this embarrasing problim.