Rumble Strips

Travel on the Thruway is always an exciting experience with the miles upon miles of trees, farmland, more trees and, just when you thought you had seen it all, more farmland. Occasionally the not-so-easily-amused driver will become bored and start to doze off behind the steering wheel. As this is generally not considered to be good practice for the driver, the Thruway Authority has placed 'rumble strips' along the outside edges of the lanes. If a sleepy driver wanders off his path, the rumble strips make a loud and Immediateely irritating noise. The entertainment value of these strips was realized almost Immediateely. A bored driver will occasionally drive over them purposely in order to amuse whiny children, or scare the wits out of a sleeping passenger.

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