Repavers to pull plug on Calif. musical asphalt

[struggle4progress]

Repavers to pull plug on Calif. musical asphalt
Associated Press • September 20, 2008

LANCASTER, Calif. — Officials in this Los Angeles County city say they’ll pave over a quarter-mile strip of asphalt road that’s been grooved to play the William Tell Overture when auto tires speed over it.

The work was completed this month as part of an ad campaign for Honda. It’s engineered to play .. the theme to “The Lone Ranger” — at perfect pitch for motorists driving Honda Civics at 55 m.p.h ... http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080920/NEWS07/80920049

To hear the road sing

... "I hear it every day. It's kind of cool to be part of history," said David Gilroy, 43, a carpenter who lives near the noteworthy strip of highway ...

"I think it's terrible because it keeps me awake at night," said Donna Martin, a 53-year-old retired budget analyst who lives about a quarter-mile from the road. "It's all I hear night and day, and it's not a pretty sound ..."

Brian Robin, who lives about a half-mile away, said it sounds like an orchestra that's constantly out of tune ...

Llano resident Peggy Hager said it sounded like a "high-pitched whine." She couldn't identify the score, but knew it was a tune because it had a beat and rhythm ... http://toplistings.dailybreeze.com/ci_10514483

Sep 20, 2008 1:17 pm US/Pacific
Musical Road Hits Sour Notes With Neighbors

... Persons driving the posted 55 miles an hour west on Avenue K, in the high desert about five miles west of the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, hear about 38 musical notes of the well-known theme ...

The road is tuned to a .. Honda Civic ... But other vehicles are also successful in playing the notes, if a little off-key ... http://cbs2.com/local/William.Tell.Road.2.822008.html

[shanti]

1. thank you for this!

the news has been so bad lately, i needed to lighten up :hi:

[Suich]

2. OK, that does it!

Now I AM going to go bang my head against the wall!

That is the dumbest thing I've heard of in my life!

Thanks for posting!

:hi:

[struggle4progress]

3. You don't think we should do this on all our highways? We could identify them by tune, y'know.

Take "The Star-Spangled Banner" north for about two hours and then head east on "Ninety Nine Bottles of Beer"