A RUMBLE HEARD FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY
DRIVERS CAN BE LULLED TO BOREDOM OR SLEEP WHEN LONG STRAIGHT STRETCHES OF EXPRESS ROADS AND MONOTONY DEPRIVE THEM OF CONTRAST SCENERY. GROOVED RUMBLE STRIPS WERE CUT INTO INTERSTATE 80 IN SOUTHERN WYOMING IN AN AREA WHERE A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS HAD BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO DRIVER FATIGUE. ALTHOUGH SOME MOTORISTS STOPPED ON HEARING THE NOISE, FEARING CAR TROUBLE, THEY DID SO WITHOUT PANIC. LOCATING ALTERNATE STRIPS NEAR BRIDGES AND INTERCHANGES IS ADVOCATED. NO DATA ARE AVAILABLE YET ON ACCIDENT PREVENTING EFFECTIVENESS. /HSL/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 3, No 1, PP 35-39
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Authors:
- Kamnikar, D F
- Publication Date: 1971-5
Media Info
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Drivers; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Rumble strips; Traffic crashes
- Old TRIS Terms: Highway hypnosis
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226114
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 12 1972 12:00AM