AMSTERDAM, April 10 (Reuters) – Take the highway past theDutchvillage of Jelsum and the roadwill play you a tune.

Created by strategically laid “rumble strips” as a way of livening up journeys across the flat landscape, the novelty has worn thin for locals who say the constant droning melody is driving them mad.

The Friesland authority has agreed to remove the rumble strips later this week, local newspaper Leeuwarder Courant reported.

The tune is created when car tyres drive over the strips – which are usually deployed at the side of majorroads to warn drivers they are straying off course.