January 22, 2009
Contact: Meg Mincolla
Phone: (775) 888-7172
NDOT Installs Centerline Rumble Strips for Enhanced Safety
The Nevada Department of Transportation is installing centerline rumble strips for enhanced safety on certain rural state highways throughout Nevada through spring 2009.
Consisting of 12-inch wide parallel grooves cut into the centerline of a roadway, tires running over the strips produce sound and vibration when drivers veer out of their lane. By alerting and allowing motorists to correct their vehicles, head-on crashes can be reduced.
“NDOT’s installation of edgeline rumble strips has thus far helped reduce interstate run-off-the-road crashes by 42 percent, and these new median rumble strips are expected to also help save lives,” NDOT Director Susan Martinovich explained. “But, in the end, safety is the responsibility of every driver, and we urge motorists to always drive safely.”
The work, performed by MKD Construction, is part of an approximately $2 million contract to install rumble strips on over 1,300 miles of two-lane rural state roadways throughout Nevada with high fatality and injury rates or concerns. The statewide safety project is expected to complete in early 2009.
