rumble strip

[Alice Faber]

On 5/2/11 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?

Those are the ones I think of as rumble strips. I'm not sure what I'd
call the rough stuff designed to keep you from drifting off the road.

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