In an accident reported at Canacona a scooter in front of a car suddenly slowed down on reaching the rumblers and in a bid to avoid ramming into the rear of the scooter, the car moved at the side and collided with the oncoming motorcycle. It is learnt that rumble strips have come to haunt motorists travelling on the Margao-Cuncolim stretch of the National Highway 66. It is not possible for a driver to gauge the height of the strips at every location as is possible with speed-breakers. The function of the rumble strips is to provide both an audible warning as also a physical vibration to alert drivers. It is pertinent to note that if the rumble strips are not laid as per specifications, the vehicles passing over it at high speed tend to wobble hence the driver can lose control of the car and a two-wheeler rider can even have a fall. It seems necessary to carry out an audit of the rumblers installed and see if they are as per specifications. Otherwise they could prove to be counter-productive.
