Rumble strips used as a traffic control device : an engineering analysis.

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In an effort to test an audible means of warning drivers of dangers ahead 23 experimental rumble strips on approaches to 9 intersections selected on the basis of their accident history are studied. Three different rumble strip configurations were used in the test. A before an after accident study was conducted the results of which showed that rumble strips can be used as a temporary method of warning motorists. They are of little or no value as a permanent installation.

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B 6660 /73.1/73.3/ IRRD 202617
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Springfield, Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings, 1970, 30 p., fig., tab.; Accident Study Report No. 102.

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