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Maine Monitor features study on rumble strips for rural roads

In an article titled 鈥淚n distracting times, rumble strips are saving lives 鈥 and money 鈥 on rural Maine roads,鈥 featured a new study led by University of Maine researchers that provides the most relevant data yet for the effectiveness 鈥 and cost-effectiveness 鈥 of centerline rumble strips on Maine鈥檚 sprawling network of rural roads. In a before-and-after analysis, the researchers found that installing centerline rumble strips on rural two-lane roads reduced head-on and opposite sideswipe collisions by anywhere from 28-48%. Authors wrote that they estimated 鈥渢he benefits of the rumble strip installations are at least 14 times the cost.鈥 The and shared the article.聽