How to Use rumble strip in a Sentence

rumble strip

noun
  • Two lanes will be closed for striping and installing rumble strips.
    — oregonlive, 29 Oct. 2019
  • His head bounces inside the cockpit as a wheel shudders over a rumble strip.
    — Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 13 May 2023
  • In Japan, rumble strips near Mount Fuji can be brought to life.
    — Palko Karasz and Yonette Joseph, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
  • There will also be sight distance improvements and edge-line rumble strips put in.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Texas is experimenting the use of rumble strips along lane markings.
    — Luke Fountain, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2024
  • But there are no rumble strips on the highway in the middle, no sign saying there's an upcoming junction.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2025
  • 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
  • Portable rumble strips will be placed approaching the closures to alert drivers to slow.
    — Ramona Sentinel, 11 July 2018
  • 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
  • In addition to the bollards, the project will include more signs, improved lighting and new roadway rumble strips.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
  • Workers will also repair guardrails, install new rumble strips on the shoulders and apply new road markings and signs as the project winds down.
    — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
  • But the majority of the council rejected the rumble strips over noise concerns.
    — Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The friend then heard Fonseca-Rivera’s truck hitting the rumble strip alongside the highway.
    — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • According to the project's website, rolling roadblocks will also be in place to install rumble strips and reflectors along the ramps.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The project also includes the installation of rumble strips and permanent striping once paving is finished.
    — oregonlive.com, 25 June 2019
  • Perhaps Caltrans could add rumble strips, bumps or tables periodically to keep speed in check.
    — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Aeroplane sims don’t require very high frequency inputs (unless the flight is going very wrong indeed), but cars encounter speed bumps, rumble strips, sawtooth kerbs, cat’s eyes, and so on.
    — Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024
  • Caltrans had previously attempted several small fixes, such as changing the timing on the traffic signals and adding rumble strips going up to the signal.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • New traffic safety features were added, includingguardrails and centerline rumble strips to keep drivers from drifting into oncoming traffic.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The track also featured a rumble strip on the left for Turn 14, and the apex of Turn 15 was a bit elongated, both of which should help drivers navigate the section.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • For drivers coming into Fujairah, the rumble strip initially looks like a larger, rectangular version of the dash lines separating the three-lane highway.
    — Gabe Levin, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • The Federal Highway Administration says rumble strips have reduced rural two-lane road crashes by about 45% nationwide.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The answer, lawmakers said, is a multifaceted plan for a combination of warning systems, signs, electronic messages, flashing lights, and rumble strips to deter drivers from mistakenly getting on an exit.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2024

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