Kicker: Symphony of the streets

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Speed humps…speed cameras…speed traps… Seems authorities will use whatever it takes to keep “lead foot” law breakers from speeding.

The United Arab Emirates is taking a different approach…

SOUND: [Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony]

That’s the sound of drivers on the E-84 in the UAE playing Beethoven’s “Ode To Joy”…as they drive over road rumble strips…you know, those grooved, raised patterns in the pavement designed to help us “slow our roll?”

When you combine those grooves with the speed of the vehicle, you can make a joyful sound. Here’s the catch…when the rubber hits the road, it needs to be going around 60 mph to get the tune “just right.”

Perhaps it's a good thing Beethoven isn’t around to hear it…

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