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Roadway Shoulder Rumble Strips
Practices and Policies
Vincent Reynolds, P.E.
Overview
The use of shoulder rumble strips (SRS) have been
attributed to lower run-off-road crashes due to fatigue and driving under the
influence of alcohol or drugs. This course will cover the practices of SRS and
how its practice alerts the driver to steer the vehicle off of the shoulder.
The League of American Bicyclists (LAB) has
expressed concerns about their safety with the use of shoulder rumble strips. As
a result of this concern, the FHWA has since been involved in producing a report
on the current SRS practices, policies, designs, and usage.
This 3-hour course would be of interest to all engineers involved in
transportation engineers as well as all of those people that drive or are
passengers in motor vehicles. To study this course the student will be directed
to the FHWA report Synthesis of Shoulder Rumble Strip Practices and Policies
on the FHWA website.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions
at the end of the course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
- The origin of SRS
- Why a synthesis regarding
SRS practices was developed
- Types of SRS used
- Dimensions of typical SRS
- Additional roadway safety
attributed to SRS
- How SRS helps to alert the
driver.
- Advantages and
disadvantages of SRS
- Common decibel levels for
driving over a SRS
Course
Click on the following PDF attachment and review the
FHWA report Synthesis of
Shoulder Rumble Strip Practices and Policies
prior to taking a quiz for credit.
Roadway Shoulder Rumble Strips Practices and Policies (698 KB)
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If you are still having trouble downloading the PDF file
above or you have a slow internet connection, you may want to access the
document directly from FWHA's website at the following link:
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_dept/rumble/synthesis/exec_summary.htm
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