Woken by rumble strips : reports from drivers who have fallen asleep at the wheel.

Author(s)
Phillips, R.O. & Sagberg, F.
Year
Abstract

Rumble strips are seen as systematic interventions that can help prevent lane-departure accidents. There is little evidence, however, for how or even whether rumble strips intervene to prevent specifically fatigue-related road accidents. We therefore asked drivers who actively recalled falling sleeping behind the wheel about their interactions with rumble strips. Our analyses show that real-world driver experience supports claims that rumble strips act by reducing the severity of the consequences of fatigued driving. Most notably we found that significantly fewer sleep-behind-the-wheel incidents resulted in road departure accidents where rumble strips were present. (Author/publisher)

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Library number
20102129 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Oslo, Institute of Transport Economics TØI, 2010, [II] + 19 p., 20 ref.; TØI Report ; 1094/2010 - ISSN 0808-1190 / ISBN 978-82-480-1137-8 (paper version) / ISBN 978-82-480-1136-1 (electronic version)

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