Fujairah highway has musical rumble strips that play Beethoven's ‘Ode to Joy'
However, this is the first permanent music road in the Arab world, according to Ali Obaid Al Hefaiti, director of the Fine Arts Academy in Fujairah, an emirate 120km from the global tourism hub of Dubai.
The technology works by carving strategically spaced grooves into the asphalt on Fujairah's Sheikh Khalifa Street. When tyres hit the ridges at about 120km/h, the resulting vibrations produce a melody audible inside the vehicle.
Beethoven's Ode to Joy , a tune known to almost every ear on earth, was a natural choice, Al Hefaiti said.
Mohammad Al Matrooshi, an Omani resident travelling from Sharjah, said the music relaxed him after a long journey.
'The music gives you a different mood, specially because the music is by Beethoven.'
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