Porsche Melody Roads - Songs of the Road
- 6 years ago
"Melody roads in challenging mountainous regions of Japan make it fun to observe the speed limit. And they sound good. The focus here is more on engaging drivers in a playful manner, rather than on imposing penalties.
A gentle rain falls on the winding roads of the hilly region about three hours north of Tokyo. It’s shortly before tedium. Forty kilometers an hour. Exactly. But then the tires start to sing. The melody road near the town of Nakanojō in Gunma prefecture rewards drivers with a song for adhering to the speed limit. “Itsumo Nando Demo” means something like “again and again, no matter how often.” Japan is building more and more of these musical roads—it currently has thirty-three of them. Gunma alone has ten stretches whose good vibrations encourage responsible driving. The lateral grooves cut into these roads generate rumbling sounds when cars drive over them, at different pitches depending on the length of the intervals."
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A gentle rain falls on the winding roads of the hilly region about three hours north of Tokyo. It’s shortly before tedium. Forty kilometers an hour. Exactly. But then the tires start to sing. The melody road near the town of Nakanojō in Gunma prefecture rewards drivers with a song for adhering to the speed limit. “Itsumo Nando Demo” means something like “again and again, no matter how often.” Japan is building more and more of these musical roads—it currently has thirty-three of them. Gunma alone has ten stretches whose good vibrations encourage responsible driving. The lateral grooves cut into these roads generate rumbling sounds when cars drive over them, at different pitches depending on the length of the intervals."
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