Arab drivers play Beethoven underneath their wheels
Why BeethovenFrom an AP report:
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates — The humble road rumble strip, used around the world to alert drifting drivers to potential hazards or lane departures, can play Beethoven on a mountain highway in the far reaches of the United Arab Emirates.
For nearly a half-mile along the E84 highway — also known as the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road — motorists in the right-hand lane coming into the city of Fujairah can play Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony where the rubber meets the road….
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pictured: Why Beethoven, Hebrew edition
Unbearbly nonsensical and juvenile.
“Road to Joy.”
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist. I can hear the groans even here, in Deep South USA.)
In Taiwan (this is true), the garbage trucks all play, I mean blast, ‘Fur Elise’ to alert people to take their trash out.
Not very diverse. Sad.