Safety effect of continuous shoulder rumble strips on rural interstates in Maine

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1953, 2006, Pages 156-162

  Gårder, Per ^a   Davies, Michael ^b  

^a The University of Maine   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INTERSECTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SAFETY FACTOR; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONTINUOUS SHOULDER RUMBLE STRIPS (CSRS); FATAL CRASHES; RUN OFF ROAD (ROR) CRASHES;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

EID: 33845309991     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1953-18     Document Type: Article

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