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

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