Subscribe to Our FeedsCalifornia Musical Road Told To Cease and Desist (VIDEO)
“Singing Road” (Playing William Tell) Was Moved From Ave K To Ave G Near 30th Street
Written by OddCulture on September 22nd, 2008 in Odd Culture.
Tags: bizarre, controversy, Funny Videos, Music, travel
Get a load of this: there’s a road in Lancaster, CA that plays “The Lone Ranger” for you when you drive over it at 55mph. There are special grooves in the road and your tires are the “needle”.
Watch it:
A section of Avenue K in a Californian desert town uses grooves cut into the road surface to play the Lone Ranger theme to cars driving along it. But some Lancaster residents are not amused. They say the noise from the road sounds more like a discordant screech than the Rossini overture. Officials have bowed to their views and have agreed to pave over the grooves.
The musical road was the idea of car-maker Honda. The firm said the grooves in the road were engineered to play the overture at perfect pitch for motorists driving Honda Civics at 55mph (88km/h).
Update
According to Roadside America, the road was smoothed over. However, the singing road was moved to Avenue G, near Fox Airport.
The Musical Road in Lancaster is on Ave G and 30th Street. The way it works is that you are to drive in the fast lane at 55 MPH, turn down your radio, and as your tires drive over the grooves in the street a part of Rossini’s “The William Tell Overture.” is played!
