rumble strip

[Joel S. Berson]

Joan beat me to it.  Also used for/at the boundary between the
right-most (for Michael Q., that's the so-called "slow" lane over
here) and the breakdown lane -- where it does resemble a strip more
than the "table" before a toll booth -- as a warning to sleeping
policemen ... er, drivers.

Joel

At 5/2/2011 11:44 AM, Joan H. Hall wrote:
>I know them as "rumble strips."
>
>While we are on the subject; what is the term for the rough roadway
>that generates an infernal racket when a car approaches a toll booth?
>
>DanG
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