Explained: That Weird Throbbing When You Open One Car Window

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Question I want answered is what makes your scalp twitch for a while after you've been driving with the top down

This was really handy. My twelve year old really hates this effect and I could not explain it very clearly. The fact the the rear view mirrors cause it is really cool. I suspect that those mirrors could eventually be replaced by cameras-

I think you mean side mirrors?

I believe the article is suggesting they prevent it, rather than cause it, because they break up the flow.

So at the moment it's more likely to happen if a child opens a rear window, but in a future with side mirrors replaced by cameras that might not be true any more.

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