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 I know bicycle clubs are protesting the placement of rumble strips on rural, non-interstate roads because it reduces the width of usable shoulder space and/or is an extra hazard when you are in the main road and go to the shoulder to avoid traffic. On interstate I-80 in Pennsylvania, near the Delaware Water Gap, the border between New Jersey and PA, they have put large dots on the road, easily 10 foot diameter, in each lane of traffic. The dots are spaced far enough apart to represent how far you travel in one second at 60 MPH. For safe stopping distance there should be two dots between you and the car ahead of you. I only went through the area once. I wonder if people actually change their habits while driving on that stretch of road. Kevin T. Unsafe at any speed
