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 fatigue-related 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 notable we found that significantly fewer sleep-behind-the-wheel incidents resulted in road departure accidents where rumble strips were present.


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    Title :

    Woken by Rumble Strips. Reports from Drivers who have Fallen Asleep at the wheel


    Contributors:
    R. O. Phillips (author) / F. Sagberg (author)

    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    34 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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