The Effectiveness and Use of Continuous Shoulder Rumble Strips

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by Kerry Perrillo

Highway Engineer
Federal Highway Administration
Albany, New York
August 1998

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REFERENCES

  • A Draft Bill for the National Drowsy Driving Act of 1998, section 2, National Highway Sleep Foundation, February, 1998.

  • New York State Task Force on the Impact of Fatigue on Driving: Team Reports, Rumble Strips Report, December, 1994.

  • Shoulder Rumble Strips-Effectiveness and Current Practice, Federal Highway Administration, Wyoming Division, April 1998

  • Hickey, John J. Jr.. "Shoulder Rumble Stip Effectiveness, Drift-Off-Road Accident Reductions on the Pennsylvania Turnpike." Transportation Research Record 1573, National Research Council, 1997.

  • Personal Interview with John Watson, New York State Department of Transportation, May 15, 1998.

  • Sutton, C. and W. Wray "Guidelines for Use of Rumble Strips," Research Study Number 0-1466, Texas Department of Transportation, July 1996.

  • Standard Reporting Form of Evaluation Data for Completed Safety Improvements, The Annual Report on Highway Safety Improvement Programs. State of Delaware, 1995.

  • New York State Thruway Authority Run-Off-Road Accident Statistics, May 1998.

  • Phone Interview with J. Douglas Johnson, Surface Preparation Technologies, May 13, 1998.

  • Personal Interview with H. Peter Gustafson, New York State Thruway Authority, May 13, 1998.

  • Safety Shoulder Rumble Strips (SAFE-STRIPS) Policy and Revised Installation Details, EI97-013, New York State Department of Transportation, June 1997.

  • Motor Carrier Administrative Training Manual, United States Department of Transportation. Chen, Chung. "A Study of Effectiveness of Various Shoulder Rumble Strips on Highway Safety," Virginia Department of Transportation, November 1994.

  • Personal interview with Milt Schmidt, Federal Highway Administration, May 12, 1998.

  • Garder, Per. "Rumble Strips or Not Along Wide Shoulders Designated for Bicycle Traffic," Preprint 950231 for presentation at the 74th Annual Meeting of TRB in January 1995.

  • Safe-Strips (Safety Shoulder Rumble Strips) NYSDOT Program, New York State Department of Transportation, April 1998.

  • Memorandum: Revision to the 1989 Standard Specifications, Section 202 and New Standard Roadway Construction Detail Sheet, Rumble Strip CD-58. New Jersey Department of Tansportation, December 1995.

  • Miller, T. et al. "The Cost of Highway Crashes", Report Number FHWA-RD-91-055, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., October 1991.

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