(1979) Determination of Rumble Strip Effectiveness, HR-184, 1979. Transportation, Department of
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Abstract
Rumble strips are patches of specially treated pavement surfaces which are designed to produce aural and tactile stimuli inside vehicles. The intent is to alert drivers and when desirable, cause them to slow down or come to a stop. Installations were made in a three-county area in Iowa to study rumble strip effectiveness as an accident reducing measure. The investigation of accidents at the various test sites showed that rumble strips were effective in reducing certain types of intersection accidents. Although no statistically significant effect of the saturation use was found on total accidents, there are indications that accidents may be reduced when used in low density i.e., rural type areas.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Countermeasures, Highway safety, Intersections, Rumble strips, Rural areas, Traffic crashes |
| Subjects: | Transportation Transportation > Traffic Management Transportation > Motor vehicles Transportation > Roads and highways Transportation > Traffic safety |
| ID Code: | 17252 |
| Deposited By: | Iowa DOT Library |
| Deposited On: | 19 Jun 2014 11:58 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2015 21:09 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/17252 |