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2. Rumble strip - Wikipedia

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   The North Luzon Expressway's raised plastic transverse rumble strips approaching Balintawak Toll Barrier, Philippines. Rumble strips (also known as sleeper lines or alert strips) are a traffic calming feature to alert inattentive drivers of potential danger, by causing a tactile fuzzy vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels into the vehicle interior.

3. Tread plate - Wikipedia

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   Additional ineffective applications include truck beds and trailer floors. [citation needed] Tread plate should only be used decoratively, particularly highly polished aluminium variants. Manufactured in plastic, diamond plate is marketed as an interlocking tile system to be installed on garage floors, trailers, and exercise rooms. [citation ...

4. Truck nuts - Wikipedia

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   A number of people claim to have invented the truck nuts industry (i.e. plastic store-bought truck nuts). David Ham, [2] owner of YourNutz.com, said he saw a pair of custom truck nuts at a rally in the 1980s, then in 1996 began manufacturing and selling plastic truck nuts commercially. John D. Sallers, owner of BullsBalls.com, says he was out ...

5. Speed bump - Wikipedia

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   A speed hump (also called a road hump, or undulation, [17] and speed ramp) is a rounded traffic calming device used to reduce vehicle speed and thus sound volume on residential streets. Humps are placed across the road to slow traffic and are often installed in a series of several humps to prevent cars from speeding before and after the hump.

6. Ramp meter - Wikipedia

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   Metered ramp on I-894 in the Milwaukee area. A Portland, Oregon ramp meter. A ramp meter, ramp signal, or metering light is a device, usually a basic traffic light or a two-section signal light (red and green only, no yellow) together with a signal controller, that regulates the flow of traffic entering freeways according to current traffic conditions.

7. Bumper (car) - Wikipedia

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   Chrome plated front bumper on a 1958 Ford Taunus Rear bumper with integrated tail lamps and a rubber-faced guard on a 1970 AMC Ambassador. A bumper is a structure attached to or integrated with the front and rear ends of a motor vehicle, to absorb impact in a minor collision, ideally minimizing repair costs. [1]