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The Big Rigs

We're gonna talk about the big ones... trucks and buses that require those 3 marker lights front and rear. Everything from dual rear wheel pickups to class 8 trucks to the bus that takes you to work.

Jul 20, 2008 - Car stereos are SO yesterday...

In the July/August 2008 issue of Road King (a magazine dedicated to truckers and trucking), there's an article about actual road music.  I'm not talking about FM, satellite, CDs, or your iPod...  I mean sounds made by the road itself.  It was accidentally invented in Japan by a man who inadvertently scraped some pavement with a bulldozer.  When he drove over the grooves, he noted that it made  specific sounds.

Researchers took the concept to the next level and there are now roads in Japan that are specifically grooved to create 30-second "music clips".  Such roads are marked with a big musical note on the pavement, as shown in the picture.

Let's see... I-40 would definitely be a country-western highway, I-95 would be pop/dance, I-5 most certainly the hard rock road....

What do you think?  Would this work in the US, or would hearing such "music" drive you nuts on a road trip?

8:39 am | Categories: highways, driving styles, road trips, music
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reeddodge - Jul 22, 2008 4:09 am
Someone with way too much time on their hands… but that is actually kinda cool.
pf_flyer - Jul 21, 2008 6:47 pm
Not sure I'd want to commute every day over the same 'composition' :)
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