EFFECT OF RUMBLE STRIPS AT RURAL STOP LOCATIONS ON TRAFFIC OPERATION
A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED OF THE INFLUENCE THAT RUMBLE STRIPS PRODUCE ON TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AT RURAL STOP LOCATIONS BY STUDIES OF' /1/ THE COMBINATION OF AUDIBLE, TACTILE, AND VISUAL STIMULI UPON TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, /2/ THE MEASUREMENT OF THE EFFECT OF RUMBLE STRIPS ON THE MEAN OR AVERAGE SPEEDS OF TRAFFIC APPROACHING A RURAL STOP LOCATION, /3/ STOP SIGN OBSERVANCE AND VEHICLE PLACEMENT BEFORE AND AFTER INSTALLATION OF RUMBLE STRIPS ON THE APPROACH TO AN INTERSECTION, AND /4/ TRENDS IN ACCIDENTS AT LOCATIONS WHERE RUMBLE STRIPS WERE INSTALLED. FIELD STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED AT 7 APPROACHES TO STOP-CONTROLLED RURAL TRUNK HIGHWAY SECTIONS. A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE EXPECTED TO ADDITIONALLY ALERT DRIVERS TO THE NECESSITY OF DECELERATION AT RURAL STOP LOCATIONS WAS ANALYZED. THE MAJOR GOALS WERE' /1/ TO EFFECT A REDUCTION IN AVERAGE APPROACH SPEEDS, /2/ TO INCREASE THE OBSERVANCE OF THE STOP SIGN CONTROLS, AND /3/ TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING APPROACHING VEHICLES. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT RUMBLE STRIPS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON TRAFFIC SPEED AND STOP SIGN OBSERVANCE. A DECREASING TREND IN ACCIDENTS WAS FOUND AT TWO RURAL INTERSECTIONS WHERE RUMLBE STRIPS HAD BEEN INSTALLED FOR A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME.
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Authors:
- Owens, Robert D
- Publication Date: 1967
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 35-55
- Monograph Title: Traffic control devices
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 170
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Approach; Before and after studies; Detectable warning surfaces; Field studies; Highway operations; Intersections; Pavements; Prevention; Reduction (Chemistry); Rural highways; Safety; Speed; Stop signs; Stopping; Traffic; Traffic control devices
- Old TRIS Terms: Approach speed; Reduction; Rough textured warning pavement
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225153
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jul 14 1994 12:00AM