Dan Minette" wrote: > > Indeed, there are highways in the western United States that > > have corregated strips in them that make a loud noise when > > you travel over them. Too many drivers were found to drift > > off when the drove straight for 20 or 30 miles without seeing > > another car. These strips tend to keep folks awake.
Or scare the hell out of them, if they're unexpected. What did I just run over?!? -Stephen (Steg) wrote: > In the northeastern United States, we have corregated strips along the > edges of the highways, to wake you up if you fall asleep and your car > starts drifting onto the 'shoulder' of the road. Is that what you're > talking about, or Out West do they have corrugations across the entire > roadway? > We call that "driving by brail", especially referring to the reflective bumps used to denote the borders between lanes. -- Matt _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
