Guidance for the Design and Application of Shoulder and Centerline Rumble Strips
Guidance for the Design and Application of Shoulder and Centerline Rumble Strips

Author: Darren J. Torbic

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0309117992

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This report provides guidance for the design and application of shoulder and centerline rumble strips as an effective crash reduction measure, while minimizing adverse effects for motorcyclists, bicyclists, and nearby residents. Using the results of previous studies and the research conducted under this project, safety effectiveness estimates were developed for shoulder rumble strips on rural freeways and rural two-lane roads and for centerline rumble strips on rural and urban two-lane roads.

Sleep Deprivation Countermeasures for Motorist Safety
Sleep Deprivation Countermeasures for Motorist Safety

Author: Jane C. Stutts

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780309068680

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Concludes that although adequate sleep is the only 100 percent effective "countermeasure" for sleepiness, there are other countermeasures to help make driving safer. Several of the key countermeasures include: education of high-risk populations, the general driving public, and other key groups, such as law enforcement personnel, new technologies to detect and warn drowsy drivers, roadway countermeasures such as continuous shoulder rumble strips and other roadway treatments, increased use of rest areas, regulatory and judicial action.