In Lancaster, California, there’s a musical road. When you drive over it, it plays the William Tell Overture. Unfortunately, it’s out of tune. Here’s why.
Thanks to David Simmons-Duffin, who figured this out about nine years ago: — he seems to be the first to have figured out not just that it’s wrong, but exactly what happened!
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TWICE?!?! They did it twice?!
damn road needs to practice more.
Benny Hill song would be perfect.
✨america✨
That’s Americans for you
All of the dumber because a diagram would have cleared everything up. Pass your practical ideas through the hands of an engineer before your work crew
Important to note: Lancaster is super super ghetto, and not worth traveling there to listen to the road. I promise
The dislikes are people who cried so much they missed the like button
They probably also forgot to take into account that any change in temperature in the concrete would cause the intonation to go out of wack
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just a note, what if you did in reverse. Would there be a message from the devil like in rockn roll?
You'd sound horrible if you were in Lancaster too😂
WOOOO good takes get a FUUUULL PUUUULL!
This is fine and dandy, but… Where is the video contrasting driving in the US vs. driving in the UK?
‘Richard Hammond and I shall now perform a duet’
Would speeding up fix the issue?
what a waste of money………………………………………………………
I think the car company just visualized the William Tell Overture as a dirge!
Does Kate McKinnon have a brother?
“It’s a little bit out of tchune”
fuckn poppy play time
I can't believe they passed this crucial information in a way that could be misinterpreted. On the other hand, maybe they thought it didn't need to be clarified, because what kind of idiot wouldn't just automatically know that in a musical road the feature that matters is the total length. I guess they found out what kind of idiot…the kind they hired.
Alternative title: How to make music for a horror game.
Indiana has a musical road on i65. Not on purpose. It’s annoying as can be. I hate driving over that section of road.
ok I don't live in landcaster but I live in the city right next to it so I can confirm it does sound like that