Why California's musical road sounds terrible

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2017
  • 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: davidsd.org/2008/12/honda-need... -- he seems to be the first to have figured out not just that it's wrong, but exactly what happened!
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Комментарии • 17 тыс.

  • @GaussianEntity
    @GaussianEntity 3 года назад +8629

    What we want: William Tell
    What we got: The copyright free version of Imperial March

    • @peanutnerd
      @peanutnerd 3 года назад +15

      Haha

    • @boomboone47
      @boomboone47 3 года назад +17

      Oh god this is underrated

    • @simplemind9192
      @simplemind9192 3 года назад +10

      1.6k likes but barely any replies

    • @gswcooper7162
      @gswcooper7162 3 года назад +37

      What we wanted: William Tell
      What we got: His public-domain expy, Billy Inform.
      ...maybe the musical road would've sounded better if the car were travelling faster?

    • @camilaribeiras6311
      @camilaribeiras6311 3 года назад +2

      XD

  • @Noodlekdoodle
    @Noodlekdoodle 4 года назад +19598

    “What instrument do you play?”
    *”Road”*

    • @deminerdg8911
      @deminerdg8911 4 года назад +240

      "It drives my spirit"

    • @TheShadowXI
      @TheShadowXI 4 года назад +25

      DEminerDG ba dam chu!

    • @gigaboom_9618
      @gigaboom_9618 4 года назад +21

      ...badly

    • @Ramon-sc9sg
      @Ramon-sc9sg 4 года назад +26

      -Oh, u mean rhodes
      -No

    • @blueroses6305
      @blueroses6305 4 года назад +6

      The road is not the actual instrument, but I don't wanna get yt/wooooshed. So here, I've clicked the like button under your comment.

  • @apexreactions4231
    @apexreactions4231 Год назад +7748

    *On a roadtrip to California*
    *Incredibly tired at night, close to our destination*
    *This plays in the air*

    • @sudokee7063
      @sudokee7063 Год назад +116

      did u just write a haiku bruh

    • @flowerene2630
      @flowerene2630 Год назад +136

      @@sudokee7063sorta looks like it, but the syllables aren’t even close 😭 9-14-5

    • @apexreactions4231
      @apexreactions4231 Год назад +104

      @@flowerene2630
      *On trip to Cali*
      *This plays in the dead of night*
      *It's snowing on Mt. Fuji*

    • @flowerene2630
      @flowerene2630 Год назад +38

      @@apexreactions4231 so close!! 5-7-7!!

    • @supersmilyface1
      @supersmilyface1 Год назад +146

      @@flowerene2630
      *Roadtrip to Cali*
      *In the silence of the night*
      *The eerie song plays*

  • @TheGreenLing
    @TheGreenLing Год назад +1432

    The thing I love about Tom Scott is this video is 5 years old, but it could be today's upload. The quality is so good always!

    • @irisbutterfly4845
      @irisbutterfly4845 Год назад +28

      wow I didn't even realize it was 5 years old

    • @user-sk4wf3ve6z
      @user-sk4wf3ve6z Год назад +21

      He's only 5 years old in the video too

    • @Pokeys
      @Pokeys Год назад +20

      2017 wasn't a time with ye olde cameras you know.

    • @domacleod
      @domacleod Год назад +9

      He's also immortal and looks the exact same.

    • @extremeweirdness1528
      @extremeweirdness1528 Год назад +7

      The difference in quality of videos from 2012 to 2017 is way more than from 2017-2023.

  • @atlys258
    @atlys258 3 года назад +14303

    Ahh yes, I love the old adage:
    *"Measure twice, cut once, build it wrong twice."*

    • @robg521
      @robg521 3 года назад +180

      The same old story worldwide. To mess things up now and again is understandable but to screw things up regularly on a professional basis take real incompetence.
      The list of council [local government] screw ups is fully inclusive and endless.

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 3 года назад +82

      @@robg521 Tbf, sounds like it was contractor work. Nothing like combining the incompetence and high costs of both the public and private sectors.

    • @Ithtorukk
      @Ithtorukk 2 года назад +62

      Measure Twice, Cut once, the planned coffee table is now a chair.

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 2 года назад +12

      @@Ithtorukk I mean, you can still put a coffee cup on it!... Kind of... Well I guess the cup keeps sliding off and spilling everywhere but other than that it's perfect!

    • @Fit4C
      @Fit4C 2 года назад +2

      Jesus loves you very much repent and believe onto Him and be saved from eternal punishment of sin amen, Jesus DIED + SUFFERED for you

  • @obsidiandeluxe4474
    @obsidiandeluxe4474 4 года назад +9756

    【This road is out of tune】

  • @anybody2501
    @anybody2501 Год назад +476

    Having studied architecture at university, this stuff sometimes happens.
    It's like playing "telephone."
    Information gets lost between the exchange & transfer of ideas between the designer, the engineer, the contractor, & even the construction crew. That's why it's essential to tour the building site and build mock ups to scale and smaller models so that everyone is clear on what is going on.

    • @CoyoteSeven
      @CoyoteSeven Год назад +12

      That always takes more time and money though and they clearly didn't want to spend that much on it.

    • @anybody2501
      @anybody2501 Год назад +15

      @@CoyoteSeven
      True. This is mostly a gimmick so the expense is not justified and there were no safety risks involved that would make that stuff necessary.

    • @funguy398
      @funguy398 Год назад +2

      It does not matter what anyone is saying, all that matters is in the signed blueprints (and sometimes e-mails)

    • @AaronOfMpls
      @AaronOfMpls 11 месяцев назад +9

      Yup, somebody didn't _clearly_ specify "on center", so it got interpreted as "edge-to-edge" instead.

    • @TheScytheMoron
      @TheScytheMoron 6 месяцев назад +2

      Well then do graphical instructions ... not that hard ...

  • @cwabcnissan
    @cwabcnissan Год назад +125

    I know I'm late here. Just found this. I appreciate the explanation here. You see I drive down this road a dozen times a week sometimes. I have driven it at every speed imaginable trying to find the right speed to make it sound right. Now I know why my attempts were futile.

  • @razorstatus4506
    @razorstatus4506 6 лет назад +65193

    Imagine driving down this road at night and you hear this demonic song

  • @ryanside7095
    @ryanside7095 5 лет назад +10614

    "Aww darn the road is out of tune."
    "I have an idea, let's just rebuild it *the same way we did last time."*

    • @naritruwireve1381
      @naritruwireve1381 5 лет назад +114

      _Brilliant!!_

    • @Sean-ow1lo
      @Sean-ow1lo 5 лет назад +30

      Oh yeah yeah

    • @zlcoolboy
      @zlcoolboy 5 лет назад +62

      That's government for you!

    • @thegreenmadow
      @thegreenmadow 5 лет назад +33

      It was so nice - they build it twice

    • @gorillaau
      @gorillaau 5 лет назад +28

      Still wrong? Well we'll rebuild again then.

  • @BurrritoYT
    @BurrritoYT Год назад +2715

    Now I wanna make a road that rickrolls you when you drive it 😎

  • @cerulity32k
    @cerulity32k Год назад +53

    I want to see this built CORRECTLY. I want to see how accurate it is to the original song, and I think it would sound really cool.

  • @n3v3rg01ngback
    @n3v3rg01ngback 3 года назад +16358

    Sounds exactly like a middle school orchestra.

    • @zizthefirst
      @zizthefirst 3 года назад +87

      Who has orchestras in middle school?

    • @lonestar2078
      @lonestar2078 3 года назад +295

      as someone who was in middle school band, can confirm

    • @rc_woshimao957
      @rc_woshimao957 3 года назад +17

      HAHAHAHAH

    • @lisogie
      @lisogie 3 года назад +26

      Our middle school jazz band sounds much better...

    • @scybridz3579
      @scybridz3579 3 года назад +1

      True

  • @apexition-apexlegendshighl2090
    @apexition-apexlegendshighl2090 5 лет назад +18120

    if I heard this randomly i would be scared shitless

    • @Ash.Music.Covers
      @Ash.Music.Covers 5 лет назад +75

      Same

    • @badaboom185
      @badaboom185 5 лет назад +632

      Lmfao I live here in lancaster and Once we drove over it and my brother thought we were gonna die

    • @firefish111
      @firefish111 5 лет назад +6

      You're not alone

    • @nathanthompson5270
      @nathanthompson5270 5 лет назад +2

      EnricoAwsome 2k* :)

    • @k444ng
      @k444ng 5 лет назад +113

      Sounds like a demon summoning itself

  • @DarkScorch
    @DarkScorch Год назад +72

    I used to live in Lancaster, and I loved that road when I was a kid. But now listening to it many years later it’s just sad, but also quite charming in it’s own depressing way.

    • @snowdoq
      @snowdoq 6 месяцев назад +4

      It’s a perfect representation of Lancaster: sad and broken (no disrespect I lived there too).

  • @MrBurritoMan
    @MrBurritoMan Год назад +327

    I have lived in California for most of my life. Seeing something simple like this get screwed up is not surprising at all.

    • @jorisbonson386
      @jorisbonson386 Год назад +20

      I lived there only a year, but only needed a week to agree with you.

    • @chamuuemura5314
      @chamuuemura5314 Год назад +13

      Same here. My short time in California really lowered my expectations for humanity to the point that this road is impressively good, despite all the alligator cracking.

    • @BurrritoYT
      @BurrritoYT Год назад +2

      As a burrrito, I can relate

    • @StefanCreates
      @StefanCreates 5 месяцев назад +1

      Twice

  • @alineuni04
    @alineuni04 3 года назад +131464

    Imagine not knowing about musical road and passing there at night. It would be creepy.

    • @thesturm8686
      @thesturm8686 3 года назад +5789

      OH CRAP! IS THAT SIREN HEAD?!

    • @gabrielvilanova5575
      @gabrielvilanova5575 3 года назад +1365

      @@thesturm8686 Bruh

    • @syeungmin6204
      @syeungmin6204 3 года назад +1704

      i mean that probably wont happen since its only the rumble strip and if you start to hear it you'd probably wake up and just move aside without recognizing it's supposed to be music

    • @deusexaethera
      @deusexaethera 3 года назад +1204

      Now I want a stretch of roadway that whispers "Hello, Clarice" when you drive over it.

    • @DoesThisWork888
      @DoesThisWork888 3 года назад +905

      ''Why do I hear boss music?''

  • @matthewgower
    @matthewgower 5 лет назад +14015

    It kinda sounds like some old ww2 radio propaganda

    • @essgeewastaken
      @essgeewastaken 5 лет назад +123

      Dang scary

    • @UnsungHeroist
      @UnsungHeroist 5 лет назад +189

      Comrade why Pay for American propaganda when mother Russia offers for free

    • @nazuki5133
      @nazuki5133 5 лет назад +6

      Ye

    • @kawaiiwaste
      @kawaiiwaste 5 лет назад +33

      or some "modern" north korean propaganda

    • @killx5546
      @killx5546 5 лет назад +3

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @barriath8841
    @barriath8841 Год назад +31

    0:30 wtf? xDDD That sounded so damn creepy xD

  • @TobysKpopTop50
    @TobysKpopTop50 Год назад +250

    For someone who doens't know what it is supposed to sound like, i thought it was just an original composition made by the road workers. so i heard nothing wrong with it

    • @13vatra
      @13vatra Год назад +48

      Other than it sounding like a dying cow?

    • @karmaindustrie
      @karmaindustrie Год назад +2

      @@13vatra El Risitas GIF

    • @LetsplayGamescom
      @LetsplayGamescom Год назад +2

      The beginning sounded like Jingle Bells...

    • @Luca_Mel
      @Luca_Mel 11 месяцев назад +4

      ​​@@13vatraIt sounded like a low pitch choir, I liked it.
      Just a little bit roughed.

  • @vortexmeta
    @vortexmeta 6 лет назад +3540

    "Hey what instrument do you play?"
    "The road."

    • @matthewrizkhla3593
      @matthewrizkhla3593 6 лет назад +35

      Vortex hey I play the mayonnaise we should make a band

    • @COJ.Island
      @COJ.Island 6 лет назад +7

      Mmm I only play lists 😀

    • @PlainclothesBandit
      @PlainclothesBandit 6 лет назад +17

      Is asphalt an instrument?

    • @nacoran
      @nacoran 6 лет назад +6

      I had a teacher tell me once that rock and roll was largely influenced by the automobile, and the rhythm of your car hitting the seams between sections in the highway. The seams lend themselves to simple time signatures like 4/4 and the seams reinforce the beat...
      Of course, that argument only works if you calculate out the bpm and see if it works out that it's close to the same speed as the seams on the road.

    • @nacoran
      @nacoran 6 лет назад +1

      Not Liszt?

  • @blubblab4238
    @blubblab4238 4 года назад +80297

    I mean it’s still cool, sounds like a depressed trumpet player who doesn’t care anymore.

  • @The_Mimewar
    @The_Mimewar Год назад +11

    The “wrong” version sounded like a 1940s dramatic movie when the bad guys attack

  • @raidenstokes1026
    @raidenstokes1026 Год назад +20

    My mom showed me this road as a kid and I never realized it was a publicity stunt, I always just thought someone messed up on a road and made a funny noise, cool to go down memory lane and learn something

  • @uwuuwu2784
    @uwuuwu2784 4 года назад +5265

    It’s almost sounds like a bunch of people singing under the road and playing the trumpet

    • @TheBearWithOrangeFur
      @TheBearWithOrangeFur 4 года назад +72

      That’s what they’re not telling you! 🤔

    • @jclondonl6332
      @jclondonl6332 4 года назад +38

      The sound of the lost souls of the dead workers under the road

    • @joeproud6885
      @joeproud6885 4 года назад +9

      It sounds like your username?

    • @ratcrusher6863
      @ratcrusher6863 4 года назад +4

      Uwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu

    • @demigod3088
      @demigod3088 4 года назад

      uwu stfu

  • @LewysC
    @LewysC 4 года назад +22435

    Imagine if you drove over this without realising it was there 😂

    • @CS-ro1mx
      @CS-ro1mx 4 года назад +692

      I did I was like wtf

    • @LewysC
      @LewysC 4 года назад +480

      @@CS-ro1mx 😂 I'd think my car was possessed or something tbh

    • @carlosantuckwell
      @carlosantuckwell 4 года назад +246

      There's that damn music again! Where's it coming from?! Oh well, at least I'm not hearing Voices.

    • @LewysC
      @LewysC 4 года назад +170

      @@carlosantuckwell Doctor I keep hearing out of tune music when I drive my car pls help

    • @thecavendishslostkitten3898
      @thecavendishslostkitten3898 4 года назад +70

      And at night time 😂

  • @kerriganqueenofblades7128
    @kerriganqueenofblades7128 Год назад +25

    Ok question, why don’t they just rebuild it a third time?

  • @MeteOguc
    @MeteOguc Год назад +7

    2:52 “this note here” 😎
    Well done! Looks like they did not pay half the attention you gave there for timing as well 😄

  • @nske
    @nske 4 года назад +14309

    everybody gangsta til the road be like: 🎵

    • @fclly
      @fclly 4 года назад +15

      mario pp same name?

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal 4 года назад

      Cursed pfp

    • @ngchloe9314
      @ngchloe9314 4 года назад +1

      Everyone gangsta till real life start copying Minecraft noteblocks

    • @Codahh_
      @Codahh_ 4 года назад +1

      @@fclly wow u changed ur name so now the joke is ruined ;(

    • @idekav.
      @idekav. 4 года назад

      mario pp LMFAOO

  • @queenbiscuit311
    @queenbiscuit311 4 года назад +5149

    imagine randomly driving over this and being like “god?!”

    • @banheesos
      @banheesos 4 года назад +47

      Boss music

    • @neil3714
      @neil3714 4 года назад

      STOLEN

    • @S_u_n_Flower_
      @S_u_n_Flower_ 4 года назад +3

      You shouldn't use balsphemy

    • @HighKingOfSkyrim37
      @HighKingOfSkyrim37 4 года назад +4

      Imagine driving while smoking weed and then you hit that road.

    • @MrT------5743
      @MrT------5743 2 года назад

      Cause you didn't play attention to road signs you think it is god? Driving in the US requires you to read road signs.

  • @marcoshenrique4953
    @marcoshenrique4953 Год назад +24

    Imagine making one music road with the free bird solo

    • @BlazRa
      @BlazRa Год назад +6

      It would need to be a very long road

    • @fishrealm
      @fishrealm Год назад +3

      It wouldn’t work because people would go too fast

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish 4 месяца назад

      ​@fishrealm, it's an inherent contraducrion contradictio

  • @VergilArcanis
    @VergilArcanis Год назад +77

    it's amazing how many times engineers will bash their heads on a wall trying to figure out what's wrong without questioning the design to its foundation

    • @monhi64
      @monhi64 Год назад +6

      It wasn’t the design? It was designed perfectly fine but either the constructor dropped the ball hard. Or the drawings were unclear and too ambiguous

    • @andrewpinedo1883
      @andrewpinedo1883 Год назад +4

      It is likely the fault of the constructors. Who in the right mind would think "1 groove every 4 inches" means a 4-inch gap between grooves?

    • @Arkiasis
      @Arkiasis 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@monhi64 It's why the words "on center" are very important in construction. "4 inches on center" is what is usually and should be said.

  • @bukachell
    @bukachell 3 года назад +3664

    Expectation: fun music
    Reality: *demonic summoning ritual*

    • @ioiaxopanel3652
      @ioiaxopanel3652 3 года назад +46

      Imagine driving at midnight not knowing and get jump scared by a mf road 💀

    • @tevildo9383
      @tevildo9383 3 года назад +9

      Listen to it at .25 speed

    • @TXnine7nine
      @TXnine7nine 3 года назад +10

      You summon demons by going over it in reverse. 👹

    • @yaraelpoof7242
      @yaraelpoof7242 3 года назад +3

      Jeremy clackson did that once on a episode of top gear you need to look it up if you haven’t already

    • @gullysl
      @gullysl 3 года назад

      Not making it go to 667

  • @System-ru5yt
    @System-ru5yt 4 года назад +30899

    imagine getting rick rolled by a road

    • @confus.d
      @confus.d 4 года назад +2534

      Rick road....
      Yes I'll see myself out...

    • @randompersond6945
      @randompersond6945 4 года назад +193

      Baby Potato my exact thoughts

    • @protectivecat1196
      @protectivecat1196 4 года назад +178

      I would remove my tires

    • @pcloser2130
      @pcloser2130 4 года назад +122

      That sounds like the type of thing that would only happen to me

    • @johnnyfietkau1224
      @johnnyfietkau1224 4 года назад +103

      I knew I would find this comment if I looked in the comments. My thoughts precisely. Whoever made the road missed a really big opportunity to Rick roll tons of people

  • @beethebeanbag692
    @beethebeanbag692 Год назад +64

    This is like “why do I hear boss music?” but different

  • @psychromaniac3525
    @psychromaniac3525 Год назад +41

    This is why you always keep the engineer and the constructor in the same room when designing the thing.

  • @Orikron
    @Orikron 6 лет назад +21841

    Be right back, gotta tune my road.

    • @dotlvcy
      @dotlvcy 6 лет назад +301

      sounds like something out of a bill wurtz video

    • @proefslak
      @proefslak 6 лет назад +157

      THE SUN IS A DEADLY LAZER

    • @petervilla5221
      @petervilla5221 6 лет назад +132

      Don't forget to take a tuning forklift.

    • @lukemorosini4
      @lukemorosini4 6 лет назад +36

      proefslak Not anymore, there's a blanket.

    • @lukemorosini4
      @lukemorosini4 6 лет назад +42

      You could make a religion out of this.

  • @lukasartinger
    @lukasartinger 2 года назад +24276

    Imagine getting caught speeding there: "Sir, you've been going a minor third too fast..."

    • @nzredwolf4048
      @nzredwolf4048 2 года назад +1831

      "Sir, you were going allegro in an andante zone.."

    • @capt.heinrich6945
      @capt.heinrich6945 2 года назад +625

      "Sir, you were going vivace at a school zone"

    • @LyonsTheMad
      @LyonsTheMad 2 года назад +447

      That's 2^(3/12) = 2^.25 = 1.892 times the speed limit, which on californian highways is 65mph- making that minor third higher be 77.29mph, or 12.29mph too fast.

    • @ComradeToeKnee
      @ComradeToeKnee 2 года назад +300

      @@LyonsTheMad r/theydidthemath

    • @nathanielpillar8012
      @nathanielpillar8012 2 года назад +212

      @@ComradeToeKnee or they pretended to, knowing we are too lazy to check it.

  • @Esauofisaac
    @Esauofisaac Год назад +10

    They should have this for every rumble strip in America, with different songs. Traveling down an interstate that terminates in a T-intersection with the Sonic drowning theme would be rad af

  • @murph508508
    @murph508508 Год назад

    Tom just made another one. Keep up the great work Tom!

  • @illuminatefox9044
    @illuminatefox9044 3 года назад +37573

    I honestly want someone to redo the road so it actually sounds good, because I want to hear what a properly done musical road would sound like.

    • @user-ze8fr9tr3h
      @user-ze8fr9tr3h 2 года назад +1659

      There's one in Eastern Europe that sounds genuinely nice, though I can't remember which country it was
      Edit: Hungary. It's on RUclips.

    • @0beset0ads
      @0beset0ads 2 года назад +471

      one in japan look up mt fuji song road it sounds like this sorts but better

    • @daggern15
      @daggern15 2 года назад +102

      There's one in New Mexico

    • @Cybersawz
      @Cybersawz 2 года назад +53

      Maybe, three times a charm.

    • @connormcnulty6377
      @connormcnulty6377 2 года назад +364

      Some EU countries are putting their national anthems in the road so you know you've crossed a border.

  • @mickflo6885
    @mickflo6885 2 года назад +32303

    My brothers and I were surprised when we drove over that at night time when we were visiting. Ironically it happened right in the middle of an intense conversation when terrible marching band music began playing from the ground. By far the most confusing seconds of my life

    • @MrT------5743
      @MrT------5743 2 года назад +335

      Confused cause you didn't read the road signs explaining what is about to happen?

    • @andynonymous6769
      @andynonymous6769 2 года назад +1297

      @@MrT------5743 probably a little preoccupied or just didn't care to

    • @jammylynnolandria5354
      @jammylynnolandria5354 2 года назад +25

      aaaaaahhhh 666 likes

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 2 года назад

      @@andynonymous6769 ahh California people.

    • @SajtosNokedli
      @SajtosNokedli 2 года назад +20

      Keep right next time

  • @MillerMeteor74
    @MillerMeteor74 5 месяцев назад +3

    A couple days ago I watched a video of someone driving a musical road that sounded just fine. It was in Palmdale.

  • @zzjimmai59
    @zzjimmai59 Год назад +23

    0:09 this music is a kind that makes you want to do thing faster. Not clever choice for a driving limitation.

  • @hardeepgill3839
    @hardeepgill3839 6 лет назад +1393

    Yes but if you drive backwards through the road in a bright yellow Lexus lfa you get a message from the devil

  • @arilenhart8779
    @arilenhart8779 4 года назад +5977

    The musical road sounds like something from the old Speed Racer soundtrack.

    • @andrewsssssaaa
      @andrewsssssaaa 3 года назад +28

      Bro legit tho it sounds like a army chant

    • @MrHendrix17
      @MrHendrix17 3 года назад +15

      He's going over that musical road.... Eeugh!

    • @negativezero371
      @negativezero371 3 года назад +6

      It sounds like people having Vietnam flashbacks

    • @benya1738
      @benya1738 3 года назад +3

      There is a thing like this in hungary too

    • @icescoop6741
      @icescoop6741 3 года назад +1

      SuperJoself are you fine?

  • @isaackingvideos
    @isaackingvideos Год назад +3

    0:14 POV: It's the 1940s and you hear this music comming from Germany

  • @leonardmatarese5934
    @leonardmatarese5934 6 месяцев назад +3

    Some tunnels in South Korea play a musical notes. I guess to keep you alert and paying attention.

  • @jlangevin65
    @jlangevin65 2 года назад +19569

    If the specifications said, "four inches apart,' then you can't blame the crew; they built it exactly as specified. The plan should have said, "four inches on center."

    • @TehButterflyEffect
      @TehButterflyEffect 2 года назад +464

      Yes, exactly.

    • @killaken2000
      @killaken2000 2 года назад +757

      I'm interested in manufacturing and have a degree in electrical engineering and in my experience it's important to speak the language of the people doing the work and to understand the implications of things that seem innocuous.
      there's that old story of an engineering student being charged a hundred dollars for a part and one being charged 10,000 dollars for a part. The latter student didn't take into account the tolerances that were actually needed versus what was calculated or on the drawing.

    • @Nick_CF
      @Nick_CF Год назад +193

      So how do they screw it up twice then? These contracted construction crews and CalTrans are constantly screwing up projects whether through negligence or incompetence

    • @celestialtree8602
      @celestialtree8602 Год назад +679

      @@Nick_CF From what I understand, the blueprints were wrong, not the crew, and they used the exact same blueprints for both.

    • @ghg789987
      @ghg789987 Год назад +85

      @@killaken2000 theta why you should spend some time working these jobs. I'm an aerospace engineer. Spent a while as an electricians apprentice. Then ran a remodel company with my buddy for 2.5 years. Also worked at as a maintenance manager at my schools airport. All were super helpful.

  • @saucylegs
    @saucylegs 4 года назад +6396

    The real question is, why is this road 6 lanes wide when it’s in the middle of nowhere and there was like 1 other car the entire time

    • @SeanvanBerlo
      @SeanvanBerlo 4 года назад +908

      America

    • @ThatNextbit
      @ThatNextbit 4 года назад +54

      K moby

    • @TeaMMatE11
      @TeaMMatE11 4 года назад +1035

      The highway system in the US was built with the idea that all the roads connected to Detroit. Why? Well, during WWII Detroit was the city where all tanks were being made. It was made for easy deployment should the US get invaded. The highways were also wide enough to be used as emergency landing/takeoff strips for aircraft during the cold war I believe. This is also why the US highways are very, very straight.

    • @captainbarbossa5325
      @captainbarbossa5325 4 года назад +446

      @@TeaMMatE11 sounds fair enough. Meanwhile in Sydney are roads were built for horses and now everyone complains we need new roads yet complains when they're being built.

    • @indigocharles7445
      @indigocharles7445 4 года назад +35

      Closed for filming

  • @LordSnoodles
    @LordSnoodles Год назад

    Good video making. Short, to the point, well written and explained, and entertaining. This one made me think of the much worse (but likely not as interesting) "wave organ" in San Francisco, that is supposed to be "musical" but in fact is just glorified amplification of seawater sloshing around in a tube.

  • @hyderkhan3097
    @hyderkhan3097 Год назад +1

    So if you go double the speed 110kph to be exact, will it sound correctly?

  • @Kobekola
    @Kobekola 3 года назад +3526

    They tried to give us background music irl. I respect that

    • @halinaqi2194
      @halinaqi2194 2 года назад +11

      Lmao

    • @callmeqt1269
      @callmeqt1269 2 года назад +65

      It would suck if you were chilling with your own music and you didn’t know about this road, and then you heard “wum wum wum, wum wum wum, wum wum wum wum wum wuum »

    • @bunsenn5064
      @bunsenn5064 2 года назад +21

      Imagine chilling with your family and you start to hear Sweet Home Alabama

    • @emdivine
      @emdivine 2 года назад +24

      They already did, it's radio

    • @nathanjordon6950
      @nathanjordon6950 2 года назад +2

      So music isn't real then? Aha

  • @asharahmed1966
    @asharahmed1966 4 года назад +5493

    These engineers are freakin casuals. Wrong ticks set on the repeaters

    • @cfdeers
      @cfdeers 4 года назад +221

      they also used regular torches instead of redstone torches

    • @matthewb9932
      @matthewb9932 4 года назад +106

      @@cfdeers
      If someone actually did that it would be very depressing

    • @renebyjose8888
      @renebyjose8888 4 года назад +10

      Bruh i dont even know how to use those

    • @CalculatorGuides
      @CalculatorGuides 4 года назад +28

      And not using 0 ticks for the noteblocks hurt me

    • @natchu96
      @natchu96 4 года назад +14

      The real problem is that they rebuilt it one more time and it was somehow still wrong...

  • @jodisco
    @jodisco Год назад +1

    They installed this directly next to the neighborhood I grew up n Lancaster, CA for the original commercial and when I tell you that I lost so much sleep because of this 'Musical Road'. Thanks for this video it really took me back haha

  • @kaymendoza3800
    @kaymendoza3800 Год назад +4

    This is so interesting. I’ve never heard of a musical road until now!

  • @chrisdemario2636
    @chrisdemario2636 Год назад +6289

    I've actually driven in this road behind friends and legitimately said "WTF was that?"

    • @urcookin
      @urcookin Год назад +134

      Something unholy

    • @chrisdemario2636
      @chrisdemario2636 Год назад +21

      @@urcookin for real.

    • @Luffy-su1ho
      @Luffy-su1ho Год назад +80

      It does give off horror vibes

    • @slslbbn4096
      @slslbbn4096 Год назад +16

      This is exactly why most stuff is built in china today.
      A higher average IQ of 105, immensely more hardworking, strict standards - a much more ideal workforce and pool of human talent

    • @WhuDhat
      @WhuDhat Год назад +25

      "sorry, I just farted"

  • @HiddenWindshield
    @HiddenWindshield 4 года назад +16041

    If I ever own a house with a long driveway, I'm going to make my driveway play Megalovania when someone pulls up.

    • @Liquefaction
      @Liquefaction 4 года назад +547

      On days like these, kids like you
      *should be parallel parking*

    • @sydneytreagus6282
      @sydneytreagus6282 4 года назад +250

      *why do I hear boss music?*

    • @shart__
      @shart__ 4 года назад +32

      Bia Lilly took me a minute to get the reference lmao

    • @micheal5117
      @micheal5117 4 года назад +61

      @@shart__ HOW

    • @giannagodsey8011
      @giannagodsey8011 4 года назад +68

      That’s a long driveway

  • @Adventurepil0t
    @Adventurepil0t Год назад

    Isn't there a dissonance when inevitably the front set of wheels are playing a different note than the rear at any given time?

  • @Barbacito
    @Barbacito Год назад +5

    I almost fell off my chair laughing when I found out this very piece of road was also driven over backwards by Jeremy Clarkson seeking if it would "send a message from the devil" 😂😂 he concluded it did, and it was that "Paul McCartney's dead because he didn't wear any shoes or socks"

  • @alexnasiadka5140
    @alexnasiadka5140 5 лет назад +12854

    It’s year 2020
    Every quarter mile there is a strip of road that plays despacito
    You always hear the song
    It’s everywhere
    There is no escape

    • @taternugget9692
      @taternugget9692 5 лет назад +210

      In that case I'll just walk.

    • @izabellasonier7444
      @izabellasonier7444 5 лет назад +101

      Year 2021, despacito has gone out of style... the replaced every single one with lucid dreams. There is no escape, it's all a lucid dream

    • @uselesswifi9840
      @uselesswifi9840 5 лет назад +30

      Thx for the nightmares

    • @GR2dot71GORY
      @GR2dot71GORY 5 лет назад +8

      Also, it's always shittyfluted, because of the grooves being too wide.

    • @zperk13
      @zperk13 5 лет назад +8

      I laughed so hard at this. I made a noise I've never made before ROFLMAO

  • @blasternick796
    @blasternick796 5 лет назад +8606

    So I live close to where this road is, and this guy is a little wrong. The original road sounded good and was done correctly by the car company. When residents complained because it was so noisy and caused a huge traffic problem the city paved over it and then the city redid it, and they redid it incorrectly. It wasn't done wrong twice. Just the second time.

  • @boedidley823
    @boedidley823 Год назад +2

    I heard Disney have a small air strip in Disney California that plays zip-a-dee-doo-dah when aircraft land over it. Built in the 60's.

  • @NoriMori1992
    @NoriMori1992 Год назад

    I love how this video also gives us a nice demonstration of the wagon-wheel effect.

  • @ayebing
    @ayebing 4 года назад +44659

    If it gets a pothole , does the bass drop?

    • @frontxxrunner
      @frontxxrunner 4 года назад +1198

      It will skip like a record

    • @nocturnal7345
      @nocturnal7345 4 года назад +463

      Ron Bhm *cues dubstep

    • @GothR6S
      @GothR6S 4 года назад +539

      Bass drops, tire pops.

    • @nardion9980
      @nardion9980 4 года назад +11

      Ron Bhm 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹

    • @wolfgang5261
      @wolfgang5261 4 года назад +35

      Ron Bhm no, but your suspension will

  • @hazmat3078
    @hazmat3078 5 лет назад +2084

    1927: We will have flying cars in future.
    2018: *musical road*

    • @oKingsWild
      @oKingsWild 5 лет назад +16

      2018: *that doesn't work, that we screwed up twice*

    • @j.w6872
      @j.w6872 5 лет назад +3

      I legit was scrolling down looking for this comment...

    • @yxngjaden6496
      @yxngjaden6496 5 лет назад

      Dark Joker 🃏

    • @Milky-gr7hz
      @Milky-gr7hz 5 лет назад

      at least the musical road is creative

    • @6ftvnderrr
      @6ftvnderrr 5 лет назад

      Wait where there even cars in 1927

  • @CrisWhetstone
    @CrisWhetstone Год назад +1

    There are grooves like that along lots of out of town highways. I assume to keep people from running off the road if they are almost asleep. Of course I used them to awaken my sleeping, hungover friends coming back from Vegas several times.

  • @ianbattles7290
    @ianbattles7290 4 месяца назад +2

    "No Patrick, a highway is not an instrument."

  • @wj8003
    @wj8003 4 года назад +5303

    Me: Mom I want William Tell Overture - Rossini
    Mom: We have William Tell Overture - Rossini at home
    William Tell Overture - Rossini at home: 0:13

  • @Bread-vy4tl
    @Bread-vy4tl 6 лет назад +2222

    Imagine driving there in the middle of the night

    • @yaboij8964
      @yaboij8964 6 лет назад +10

      Ikr

    • @Hezis
      @Hezis 6 лет назад +54

      what about while cooked 😂

    • @yoursnape9135
      @yoursnape9135 6 лет назад +103

      Thats what its originally for i think. In europe we have kinda the same thing on the side of our roads... but not playing music but making a loud sound and make your car vibrate so if youre asleep you wake up instead of crashing or driving off road.

    • @msg5359
      @msg5359 6 лет назад +7

      You must be Einstein +Your Snape
      How did you ever figure that out?

    • @paolopascual2762
      @paolopascual2762 6 лет назад +35

      Your Snape im pretty sure its not just on europe -_-

  • @Aashishkebab
    @Aashishkebab Год назад +4

    I like how there's nobody else on the road.

  • @bosshum3811
    @bosshum3811 Год назад +25

    This was fun to watch. They should definitely feature this in the biggest engineering disasters of the century 😂😂😂

    • @BornIn1500
      @BornIn1500 5 месяцев назад

      Except the road is still perfectly fine. You're being overly dramatic. It's more like a small mistake than one of the "biggest disasters"

  • @_vla
    @_vla 4 года назад +7052

    Bruh they placed the wrong blocks under the noteblocks bruh.

  • @au77iemark
    @au77iemark 2 года назад +11078

    The minor-ish key it has ended up in, fits the resulting sadness of the construction screw-up so well

    • @peoplearecrazy1798
      @peoplearecrazy1798 Год назад +73

      Wrong directions yields wrong results

    • @Lokiip
      @Lokiip Год назад +125

      Architecture screw up.
      The construction was perfect to the design given. 4in apart and 4in on center are very different results.

    • @thegnugg2464
      @thegnugg2464 Год назад +6

      Has that Star Fox SNES boss music going for it

    • @denisebethany5691
      @denisebethany5691 Год назад +12

      Thats how most roads in cali are, done wrong.

    • @skinsdub
      @skinsdub Год назад +1

      Having said that, I'm simplifying because there are only a few notes played and we don't get the top end of the scale, so I'm assuming if we went all the way up there wouldn't be any more ~spicy~ note choices

  • @PlasmaCoolantLeak
    @PlasmaCoolantLeak Год назад +3

    If you drive over it in reverse, you'll hear the Devil. And run into someone else.

    • @Ian99_
      @Ian99_ Год назад

      And then you go straight to hell

  • @gabby_5820
    @gabby_5820 Год назад +2

    Expectation: William Tell Overture
    Reality: Screams of the Damned

  • @gpcaraudio
    @gpcaraudio 6 лет назад +5354

    Sounds like an elephant running from a mouse while choking on a peanut

  • @Jarsia
    @Jarsia 5 лет назад +3889

    If they could only do this properly, but with the imperial march

    • @foximacentauri7891
      @foximacentauri7891 5 лет назад +31

      Jarsia or Preußens gloria

    • @SlewedBoot25934
      @SlewedBoot25934 5 лет назад +38

      2 words
      Disney Copyright

    • @apollos2k769
      @apollos2k769 5 лет назад +5

      Gets my vote

    • @ericolsen5592
      @ericolsen5592 5 лет назад +7

      Fuel by Metallica

    • @Jarsia
      @Jarsia 5 лет назад +4

      @@platypustis it would sound like one of those distorted, hard bass, earrape versions. For this reason I approve.

  • @Weatherbg11
    @Weatherbg11 Год назад +2

    i never heard of the musical road before. i expected it to be like the lines on the highways here in bulgaria. when you drive over them, they make a sound (that is kinda melodic i guess?)

  • @Skoell1983
    @Skoell1983 8 месяцев назад +13

    Next time, ask a German engineer. He would have built you a machine into which you could load a song, enter the speed, and then it would cut the grooves into the road fully automatically.

  • @polarjet1833
    @polarjet1833 4 года назад +6331

    This video has motivated me to save up enough money just so I can bribe a mayor to let me put *never gonna give you up* in a road

    • @julk1732
      @julk1732 3 года назад +85

      @Dinosaur Kira yes...every road should have that

    • @sword7166
      @sword7166 3 года назад +448

      Would that be a... Rick Road?

    • @ak26k
      @ak26k 3 года назад +94

      @@sword7166 that physically hurt . . .Soo bad yet Soo good XD

    • @userrichkid225
      @userrichkid225 3 года назад +26

      We should put the song "shawty's like a melody in my head"

    • @ak26k
      @ak26k 3 года назад +11

      @@userrichkid225 you mean replay by iyaz?

  • @villanelle169
    @villanelle169 4 года назад +3877

    WHAT THE HELL, WE HAVE A MUSICAL ROAD IN OUR CITY AND I DIDNT KNOW THIS LMAO

    • @justcallmeteacup4711
      @justcallmeteacup4711 4 года назад +153

      My family would drive over it a bunch of times on our way to Apollo Park and we just assumed that was what it was supposed to sound like 😂

    • @OfficialChickenJoe
      @OfficialChickenJoe 4 года назад +12

      U didn’t know 😂

    • @6_xn
      @6_xn 4 года назад +7

      Villanelle state*

    • @villanelle169
      @villanelle169 4 года назад +80

      @@6_xn hate to break it to you, Lancaster is a city. Not a state.

    • @dylancampbell8671
      @dylancampbell8671 4 года назад +5

      Seriously, you didnt know? I think it's off Avenue D and like 30th west

  • @Request_2_PANic
    @Request_2_PANic 8 месяцев назад

    Thinking about this now, something like this could be done in a way that uses the spacing between, and of, the grooves. Between for frequency, and its measurement for the amplitude, possibly allowing for multiple frequencies at a time with certain parts being more prominent. Even so, how difficult would it have been to just include a visual example to specify what the measurements are referring to, or just asking to verify?

  • @majectic-berry
    @majectic-berry Год назад +2

    So... no one's gonna mention that Dodge he's driving? 👀 damn nice sound at 2:01 ngl

    • @V.G.F.
      @V.G.F. Год назад +1

      Journey

  • @DrewBob_
    @DrewBob_ 4 года назад +2300

    Hearing this at night would be lowkey terrifying

    • @jonathanmcdanal158
      @jonathanmcdanal158 4 года назад +113

      Drew Fisher *offkey terrifying

    • @jozune
      @jozune 4 года назад +14

      Jonathan McDanal gottem

    • @youisstupid2586
      @youisstupid2586 4 года назад +17

      Drew Fisher you’d be like “damn that ghost is out of tune”

    • @mrmarciniak9992
      @mrmarciniak9992 4 года назад +2

      Why am i hearing boss music?

  • @shubmakes
    @shubmakes 6 лет назад +3813

    Drive at 250mph, you'll hear Rap God - but just for 1 second.

    • @kyreerobinson7201
      @kyreerobinson7201 6 лет назад +7

      Shubham Kushwah lmao

    • @sandtrap175
      @sandtrap175 6 лет назад +36

      Shubham Kushwah wow, you must have a VERY fast car.

    • @ante.
      @ante. 6 лет назад +15

      Zachary Ricks tesla roadster

    • @Juan-vn9fn
      @Juan-vn9fn 6 лет назад

      😂😂😂😂👍🏻

    • @collegeyc3428
      @collegeyc3428 6 лет назад

      Zachary Ricks verry fast, verry clean

  • @santopino756
    @santopino756 Год назад

    How where they supposed to resolve the issue of sincronizing front and back wheel notes?

  • @JAWNDOEmusic
    @JAWNDOEmusic Год назад

    OkGo did a music video/car ad thing that takes this to the 1000th level with instruments they drive through in sequence etc

  • @matin563
    @matin563 5 лет назад +8204

    0:15 play it at 2.0x and you can finally hear some similarities to the original song.

    • @slapdatbutton8931
      @slapdatbutton8931 5 лет назад +2188

      We need to break speed limits to hear the original huh?

    • @finnkerby-pinguet7111
      @finnkerby-pinguet7111 5 лет назад +803

      The ends justifies the means

    • @HaXD1209
      @HaXD1209 5 лет назад +237

      POWERRRRRRRRRRR

    • @frealms
      @frealms 5 лет назад +477

      I guess the added speed is working to counter the added space.
      Now we need someone to drive there at 220mph to see if it helps more.

    • @devins7457
      @devins7457 5 лет назад +117

      No cars, no inlets, music road, thats a good excuse officer.

  • @HeriEystberg
    @HeriEystberg Год назад +11205

    There is a musical road in Hungary that plays very nicely, but the grooves are only underneath the right set of tires, and that got me thinking that you could have two narrow lines of grooves underneath both left and right side of the car which would enable you to have much faster note switching and you could also play two notes at a time. MAKE IT HAPPEN!

    • @l1t7l3ph0o7
      @l1t7l3ph0o7 Год назад +313

      my tires like smooth roads though

    • @skyman7787
      @skyman7787 Год назад +451

      Bikers = 😭

    • @iam1smiley1
      @iam1smiley1 Год назад +111

      Very clever of you! Could play both hands of the piano I'm thinking 🎹

    • @bum-enkh4679
      @bum-enkh4679 Год назад +51

      Actually big brain

    • @HeriEystberg
      @HeriEystberg Год назад +19

      @@iam1smiley1 exactly!

  • @Xplorer228
    @Xplorer228 21 день назад

    So how do you solve this issue? Does the groove have to be half the width as well as the space between?

  • @David_Hogue
    @David_Hogue 4 месяца назад

    Oregon has a section of road like this, but it's just for testing paint. Heading west to Salem on OR 22.

  • @stevethepocket
    @stevethepocket 3 года назад +6339

    So what you're saying is that there's still a niche to be filled here. By someone, somewhere in America, to make a musical road that actually sounds like what it's supposed to be.

    • @Sub4CarClips
      @Sub4CarClips 3 года назад +45

      There is most likely already other musical roads in the u.s but tbh I’d rather not have one or at least one near me cause having to listen to that must be annoying

    • @robonator2945
      @robonator2945 2 года назад +178

      @@Sub4CarClips New road building mandate : every road MUST play the baby shark song when driving over it.

    • @Sub4CarClips
      @Sub4CarClips 2 года назад +22

      @@robonator2945 I can survive that however if they make all roads play any k-pop song I’d 😀🔫

    • @reharm_reality
      @reharm_reality 2 года назад +87

      @@Sub4CarClips How would you know if it's k-pop, it's a road you can't hear words

    • @riceisnice
      @riceisnice 2 года назад +15

      this is kinda irrelevant but there’s an amazing musical road in hungary that’s nice to listen to

  • @AmiYamato
    @AmiYamato 6 лет назад +2246

    There are musical roads like this in Japan near Mt Fuji.
    And yes, they got the calculations correct! There are videos on RUclips. 🗻🎵

    • @WilliamAndrea
      @WilliamAndrea 6 лет назад +181

      e.g. ruclips.net/video/y_xvfZUqAtg/видео.html

    • @flow5718
      @flow5718 6 лет назад +28

      William. Thanks

    • @mrSlush50
      @mrSlush50 6 лет назад +10

      There are others in the states that are correct as well.

    • @gingganggoolie
      @gingganggoolie 6 лет назад +21

      this has to win the award for channel i'd least expect to comment on another

    • @agro0
      @agro0 6 лет назад +15

      To me, they all sound crappy...

  • @Akira-lp6jd
    @Akira-lp6jd Год назад +1

    An ad popped up as soon as I clicked on the video and the guy says “looks like you are watching a tom scott video” like how tf they know?

  • @tpp95
    @tpp95 10 месяцев назад +1

    Question, 5 years later… has it been fixed? Or redone correctly?

  • @VivienneGucwa
    @VivienneGucwa 6 лет назад +4818

    Sounds like the worst marching band in existence. Amazing

    • @MEKKANNOID
      @MEKKANNOID 6 лет назад +6

      ruclips.net/video/VhZQ_vuQAaA/видео.html

    • @paulsengupta971
      @paulsengupta971 6 лет назад +5

      It isn't that far off!

    • @JJRicks
      @JJRicks 6 лет назад

      Hey there, how did you get verified? And how can I?

    • @baronsonics
      @baronsonics 6 лет назад +3

      sounds like my highschool marching band

    • @emily-lq6jf
      @emily-lq6jf 6 лет назад +1

      Sounds like our brass section in band

  • @breadloafbrad
    @breadloafbrad 6 лет назад +3746

    Imagine driving on that in the middle of the night

    • @breadloafbrad
      @breadloafbrad 6 лет назад +285

      SevERN K didn’t see anyone else say it, you’re acting like I care anyways

    • @gameslion3025
      @gameslion3025 6 лет назад +1

      aahahahah

    • @lazrlord8687
      @lazrlord8687 6 лет назад

      Done it

    • @Termay1
      @Termay1 6 лет назад +23

      There are signs saying that you are about to go over the musical road so it won't just be out of nowhere and plus that road is not that often travelled.

    • @shawnbrando6145
      @shawnbrando6145 6 лет назад

      Done.

  • @ZoofyZoof
    @ZoofyZoof Год назад +2

    "It isn't even hard to do this and here's exactly why"
    Damn

  • @HunterGoodin
    @HunterGoodin Год назад

    Drove to it recently. I love maybe 45 mins away from it and was visiting friends out in Palmdale. We drove over it at the right speed and was just cracking up the whole time 😂