INVESTIGATE USES AND TYPES OF RUMBLE STRIPS AND THEIR ADAPTABILITY FOR APPROACHES TO HIGHWAY-RAILWAY GRADE CROSSINGS
TWO PROJECTS ARE REPORTED, THE SECOND DEALING WITH RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS. IN THE FIRST, WYOMING INSTALLED FOUR RUMBLE STRIPS ALONG I-80 FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMBATING DRIVER FATIGUE IN STRETCHES OF HYPNOTICALLY STRAIGHT ROADWAY. THE STRIPS WERE OBSERVED TO HAVE NO APPRECIABLE EFFECT ON SPEED. BEFORE THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNS ADVISING OF THE APPROACHING STRIP, ONLY FOUR AUTO DRIVERS STOPPED AT THE STRIPS, THREE OF WHOM THOUGHT THEY HAD TIRE TROUBLE AND ANOTHER OF WHOM FEARED ENGINE TROUBLE. MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, HAS INSTALLED A SYSTEM CONSISTING OF RUMBLE STRIPS, "STOP AHEAD" SIGNS, AND "STOP" SIGNS AT ABOUT 30 GRADE CROSSINGS SINCE 1967. THE LOCATIONS WERE CHOSEN FOR PREVIOUS HIGH ACCIDENT RATES OR NEAR MISSES. ONLY ONE ACCIDENT HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE INSTALLATION, WHEN A CAR STOPPED AT THE CROSSING AND THEN PULLED INTO THE PATH OF A TRAIN. IN ADDITION, NO NEAR-MISS REPORT HAS BEEN MADE SINCE INSTALLATION.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 73, BulL 635, PP 198-199
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Authors:
- Skinner, R E
- Publication Date: 1971-11
Media Info
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Railroad grade crossings; Rumble strips; Signs; Warning systems
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226312
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 10 1972 12:00AM