http://www.ci.goodyear.az.us/

Looks like it is a Scottsdale west suburb.

On 8/11/2010 2:00 PM, Vitaliy wrote:
> > From a link in the "OBDLink WiFi" topic:
>
> "This topic kind of reminds me of a thing my father was involved with man=
y
> years ago before I was born - in the early 1950's. Goodyear Aerospace in
> Arizona (a division of Goodyear Tire and Rubber) made a road (test track)
> that had many parallel groves cut into it like groves of a record player.
> After the concrete road was poured, a big machine with many little grove
> making wires trailing behind it would go over the wet concrete and make m=
any
> little parallel cuts in the concrete effectively making a "record track" =
for
> tires that traveled over it. The reason my father was involved was that h=
e
> had a very low frequency loud voice that was perfect for recording messag=
es
> that were to be sent to drivers driving over this road. When someone woul=
d
> drive over this road, their tires would act like the needle of a record
> player and would vibrate in time with my father's voice that was scratche=
d
> into the concrete sections of this road. There were simple test messages =
in
> the road like: "Stop ahead" and "Speed Limit 30 Miles Per Hour" and "You =
are
> driving off the road!" and "Wrong Way" that made no sense when driven ove=
r
> backwards. Goodyear tested it for many years and found out that: 1. It
> startled drivers way too much - (The GOD thing). 2. It caused tires (of t=
he
> time) to have less traction in wet weather conditions causing skidding. 3=
..
> Induced vibration in cars that led to skidding. With all of these reasons=
,
> Goodyear abandoned the project in the 60's but the test track still exist=
s
> somewhere near Phoenix Arizona as I vaguely remember my father driving my
> family around the thing when I was but a wee little kid. I remember his
> voice coming from the tires - very loudly and clearly I might add - with =
a
> slight echo in it because the front tire would play the track just ahead =
of
> the back tire - making it sound very GOD like and kind of spooky.
> -hosehead, Aug 08 2002
> "
>
> Does anyone know whether the track still exists? I live in Phoenix and ne=
ver
> heard of it, but it's just way too cool!
>
> Vitaliy
>
>
>   =20
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