THE USE OF RUMBLE AREAS TO ALERT DRIVERS

Rumble areas are patches of rough, coarse road surface which are designed to produce aural and tactile stimuli inside vehicles with the intention of alerting drivers and when desirable, causing them to slow down. Simulator experiments to find a suitable noise pattern were followed by a study of the chosen rumble area configuration at three sites. A fuller investigation at ten sites throughout Great Britain showed that rumble areas had no consistent effect on drivers' speeds, but that they may have been instrumental in reducing the number of accidents. /Author/

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  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Summer, R
  • Shippey, J
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 28 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper Series
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alertness; Attention; Audible warning devices; Crash rates; Drivers; Motor reactions; Prevention; Rumble strips; Safety; Signals; Sound; Speed; Surface course (Pavements); Surfacing; Texture
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00177344
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TRRL Lab Report 800 Monograph
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 14 1978 12:00AM