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Making Quieter Highways

Posted by michael on Wednesday August 13, 2003 @04:32AM from the drive-less dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at Purdue are investigating ways to make life for those who live near major highways more quiet. They have found that most of the noise is literally where the rubber hits the road, not engine noise or even passing winds. The team has come up with a new form of pavement that is in testing in Arizona and will soon be installed in California. The pavement is simply asphalt with some mixed in rubber."

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Silent motorcycles by AtariAmarok · 2003-08-13 05:46 · Score: 3, Funny

"and motorcycles are silent except for their engines"

Yes. Just like dead fish has a pleasant odor, except for the smell.

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Rubber Roads? Nice! by Hell+O'World · 2003-08-13 06:02 · Score: 3, Funny

Its one more step towards mankind's ultimate dream , bouncy world! Car crash? No problem, you're in bouncy world! Airplane fly into a building? Boing! Ha, Ha, Ha, everybody OK!