On Musical Roads

At the link you can read about the musical road in Hungary. If you play the video you can hear it as the car drives over the musical road. Apparently it only plays when the car is moving at the correct speed. I can see a couple problems with this.

Firstly, what if the musical road is set to play some mind crushing ear worm like Baby Shark? Hopefully the parent driver recognizes this travesty before their child does and deliberately speeds on this road in order to have the song not play.

Secondly, what happens if the radio is already on in the car? There will end up being two competing songs to listen to. That’s never good, especially if the songs are in a different key and have a different beat. This cacophony will also encourage the driver to speed in order to avoid this.

Thirdly, what if there is an intersection on the road in the middle of the song? You could put the music on the major road so there would likely be no slowing down to complicate the song but what if I want to take that secondary road? Slowing down to take that secondary road will stop you from hearing part of the song. Likely this lesser road will have no song on it and I am left hearing an incomplete song.

I don’t know about other people but often, when I hear an incomplete song, the back of my mind starts to play it in my head. With no ending, so it just goes on and on for the rest of the day. This is as bad or even worse than an ear worm.

Fourthly, How does the copyright of the song get calculated? The speeding cars don’t hear the song. The slow drivers don’t hear the song. Turning cars only hear a partial song. It sounds like cameras with radar guns will have to be put up to decide copyright royalties. What a total pain.

Một tài xế 28 tuổi tại Florida, Mỹ đã bị bắt theo luật Super Speeder sau khi lái xe tốc độ gần 240 km/h trên cao tốc I-4. Cảnh sát đã truy đuổi và bắt giữ thành công đối tượng nhờ sử dụng xe tuần tra Ford Mustang GT – phương tiện chuyên dụng có khả năng đạt vận tốc cao và cơ động vượt trội. Sự việc là minh chứng cho hiệu quả của lực lượng tuần tra giao thông hiện đại dù đối mặt với các tình huống nguy hiểm.

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Tolerating the crushing of pedestrians, cyclists and wildlife with bull bars

" Bull bars are rigid or semi-rigid metal or composite frames mounted to the front of a vehicle.

Pedestrian deaths just reached an 18-year high. Bull bars are part of the problem
In 2025, 197 pedestrians were killed on Australian roads, the highest number since 2007. Almost every state recorded a noticeable spike in pedestrian deaths compared to last year.

Cyclist deaths also climbed to 49, up 32% from last year – the highest since 2013.
One key reason appears to be the growing size and weight of vehicles, which can increase the risk of death and injury.

Evidence shows bull bars can significantly increase the severity of pedestrian injuries, even in low-speed urban crashes.

Bull bars are not banned in Australian cities. Instead, they are regulated through design standards that are weaker than European pedestrian-protection rules. "
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https://theconversation.com/pedestrian-deaths-just-reached-an-18-year-high-bull-bars-are-part-of-the-problem-273362
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Councillor calls for action to deal with “alarming” speeding on Burntwood road

https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2026/01/12/councillor-calls-for-action-to-deal-with-alarming-speeding-on-burntwood-road/