They built a musical road wrong - then did it again

[DTComposer]

https://www.sfgate.com/california/article/story-behind-la-county-botched-tourist-attraction-21140972.php

In 1997 Honda worked with the city of Lancaster to make the first musical road in the United States - but whoever did the calculations on the grooves messed up.

Here's the Honda commercial, and a YouTube video going in depth about what went wrong (both are also in the above-linked article). Honestly, I can't imagine Honda letting this go to air, but maybe corporate was full of people with terrible pitch?

[pderocco]

I've driven the current version along Ave G, and it isn't even as recognizable as the old version in the commercial. To really do it right would require a special machine that cuts the grooves in positions controlled by a computer as the machine rolls. Given that such a custom machine would be very expensive, and given the near pointlessness of it all, I doubt such a machine exists.

But using the laborious manual method, I wonder if anyone has ever created a road duet, so that the two sides of the lane play different notes, for the left wheels and the right wheels.

[DTComposer]

I've driven the current version along Ave G, and it isn't even as recognizable as the old version in the commercial. To really do it right would require a special machine that cuts the grooves in positions controlled by a computer as the machine rolls. Given that such a custom machine would be very expensive, and given the near pointlessness of it all, I doubt such a machine exists.

But using the laborious manual method, I wonder if anyone has ever created a road duet, so that the two sides of the lane play different notes, for the left wheels and the right wheels.

I would make a super-large detour if I could drive a road with Duo des fleurs grooved into it.

[NE2]

They also did surgery on a grape.

[Henry]

After watching the two YouTube videos, I can conclude that it was just another well thought-out idea that was poorly executed.

[ElishaGOtis]

It sounds bette when you're going illegally fast tbh...