MUSICAL ROAD IN LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA

[BloodyMoon1]

That's only about a mile from my house.

[mentalillnesstalking]

Weird but cool. My brother and I always called those noise-making warning grooves on the sides of highways banshee lines because of the horrible shrieking they make. What a unique thing for the engineers to try out.

[malonee]

Ms.Carnes??

[missourisisterre]

It sounds like it. You have to drive faster to make it really sound like it though.

[zaq147369]

the reason it did not sound right is because you need to be going 50 mph constant.

[MeijiGatotsu]

where is the music coming from?

[xnghpxl]

There are grooves cut in the road. It's the same type of groove that is found on the shoulder of roads to let you know that you've drifted too far off the road surface- it make a hum sound. Somehow, they engineer these musical roads to make different sounds.

[1200killer]

You have to set your cruise control, because if you go the slightest bit faster or slower you go out of tune.

[SavageJim01]

Try driving at 70MPH for the correct pitch and do not vary your speed. Stay at 70, dont speed up or slow down when going over the grooves.

[wlsdn0128]

Ughhh... Shy... I am Korean and i never knew that our country have a music road... hmmm...kk Thanks for goooood info ! Nice video mam !!!

[vivapaco]

i live in palmdale...where is it exactly....?

[xnghpxl]

The original road is no more. the city paved it over. They made a new one on Avenue G, approx. 50th st west.

[DarkEntropy]

We complained, the new one will be finished today or Monday 10/20!

[adam3176]

Why complain. Must make for interesting dreams when trying to get sleep :P

[xnghpxl]

No, not really. Just this one.

[OrangeL89]

Ya need a Honda Civic for it to sound right.

[LisaDaisy36]

No you don't she just wasn't going fast enough. I went over it in my SV and it was perfect.

[qiranger]

great capture. Sounded like the overature to me.

[bearflag70]

car needs a tune up

[angtle]

Wow this is pretty cool actually. Great video mom!

[MiKikaIwaShizaru]

Very cool!

The city of Liverpool, England ought to do some Beatle songs this way!

I wonder if you could create some crude speech, like "Slow Down"...

[m0ffx]

It's out of tune - probably something to do with the speed or the car - but it's there. I'm surprised this can be done.

[MangoldSketchComedy]

can we make requests?

[ramairgto72]

lol picture a bunch of guys with 4 1/2 grinders running out in the road and carving out new songs. Seems "Smoke on the water" would be cool.

[Crittenberger]

Wow. The geniuses who came up with this really must've been tone-deaf. They say you have to be going 55mph in a Honda Civic to hear it, but you'd think that as it's the road grooves that dictate the note, it'd sound in tune no matter what car you were in. And that was NOT in tune!

[colekingsly]

That is incorrect. Different models of cars have different lengths of wheel bases (the distance between your front and rear wheels). The "tune" is generated by bot sets of wheels (front and back) going over the grooves, so, the wheel base is quite important.

[Crittenberger]

That's okay then. I was a little worried. Do you know any YouTube videos where the driver was actually in a Honda Civic, to see if it sometimes is in tune? 'Cos all the video footage I've found so far hasn't been.

[jimbo1066]

That road has basic musical talent, but needs to practise a little more - some of its pichting was a little off. Still, a pretty good effort

[tyler988]

i love the idea! i say keep the road how it is :)

[djkus]

why are people wanting this removed due to noise? there is not a house anywhere near it. brilliant idea.

[004Daniel]

i know right there are not any hoses there these people that are complaining are just jerks

[MrRuski96]

@djkus they moved it to avenue g it not on avenue k

[NightVista]

I read the authorities are going to pave over this road.  Very cool.