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Old 3rd April 2024, 07:35   #19
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Originally Posted by bl52krz View Post
Funny enough, I could hear it going up the road after it had passed by.

It is caused by the "Doppler effect", When a sound source is moving away from you, the wavelength is "stretched" and hence the frequency is lowered, in your case, to a frequency that perhaps you can better hear
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