Traffic calming
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Traffic calming uses physical design, as well as traffic signs, road surface markings, road use rule changes, and other traffic engineering measures to improve road safety for motorists, pedestrians,
Two traffic calming measures on a road in England which aim to slow down drivers. The speed cushions (the two reddish raised pads or bumps) discourage fast driving. The curb extension (marked by the black posts and white stripes) extend into the road and narrows the area for driving, which tends to reduce drivers' speed.
Signage indicating that a motorist is approaching traffic calming devices
Traffic calming roundabout and rainwater-harvesting infrastructure in Tucson, Arizona
Median island with a raised mid-block pedestrian crossing
Rumble strip
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Rumble strips are a traffic calming feature to alert inattentive drivers of potential danger, by causing a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through a vehicle's wheels into its interi
Traffic calming
…Speed dips, sunken instead of raised (often seen as double dips in cycleways in The Netherlands). Rumble strips, when placed perpendicular to traffic in the travel lane (rather than placed between lanes parallel to traffic) produce unpleasant sounds and vibration…
The North Luzon Expressway's raised plastic transverse rumble strips approaching Balintawak Toll Barrier, Philippines
Rolled-in rumble strip marking the shoulder of a rural US road
Milled-in rumble strip on the centerline of a rural US road
Series of French transverse rumble strips after a dangerous crossroads