How to Use rumble strip in a Sentence

rumble strip

noun
Definition of rumble stripnext
  • In Japan, rumble strips near Mount Fuji can be brought to life.
    — Palko Karasz and Yonette Joseph, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
  • But the rumble strip undulates with two-inch deep grooves.
    — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • His head bounces inside the cockpit as a wheel shudders over a rumble strip.
    — Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 13 May 2023
  • Two lanes will be closed for striping and installing rumble strips.
    — oregonlive, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The musical notes are created by a set of grooves that vibrate the car wheels like a rumble strip.
    — Trevor Cox, National Geographic, 31 July 2019
  • Higgins said his girlfriend was steering into the slide, which took them off the left side of the road onto the rumble strips in the shoulder.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Another way is to step onto the rumble strip and climb over the 20-inch steel barrier.
    — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The friend then heard Fonseca-Rivera’s truck hitting the rumble strip alongside the highway.
    — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Just then, a car drove over rumble strips on nearby Galm Road and the officer noticed a drastic change in the woman's body language.
    — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 4 July 2019
  • Portable rumble strips will be placed approaching the closures to alert drivers to slow.
    — Ramona Sentinel, 11 July 2018
  • The project also includes the installation of rumble strips and permanent striping once paving is finished.
    — oregonlive.com, 25 June 2019
  • Ohio averages more than 1,000 traffic fatalities a year, Moretti said, but those could be curbed by adding features such as rumble strips, guardrails and pedestrian lights.
    — Hannah Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2018
  • In addition to paving, the project includes installation of rumble strips and permanent striping.
    — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Drivers were rolling through the chicane area across rumble strips, in effect shortening the distance and generally maintaining high speeds.
    — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 10 July 2018
  • Perhaps Caltrans could add rumble strips, bumps or tables periodically to keep speed in check.
    — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2019
  • At one point, the SUV shakes as his driver veers onto the highway's rumble strip, but Ramaswamy looks only momentarily startled before launching back into a response.
    — Time, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In the intervening years, the county was able to make some improvements recommended in a 2008 federal audit, such as install rumble strips, speed limit signs and a solid centerline.
    — oregonlive.com, 24 June 2019
  • The Federal Highway Administration says rumble strips have reduced rural two-lane road crashes by about 45% nationwide.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019
  • New traffic safety features were added, includingguardrails and centerline rumble strips to keep drivers from drifting into oncoming traffic.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Additional safety improvements feature high visibility striping and installing permanent rumble strips along the highway centerline to warn drivers if their vehicle is drifting outside of the lane.
    — Ramona Sentinel, 11 July 2018
  • Safety advocates say states also need to conduct public education campaigns, install rumble strips on highways, and include information about drowsy driving in driver’s manuals and driver’s education classes.
    — Jenni Bergal, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017

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