What for residents in the vicinity of the 24 kilometers that is the length of the avenue Santiago’s Northern Circulation is an annoying sound, especially in the early hours of the morning, for the thousands of drivers that use that route is a alert that can save your life, because when a vehicle circulates over the so-called soundtracksreceives a notice that he has left the road.
The soundtracks They are one extent of security in keeping with the times, placed on the stripes that delimit the lane or the sidewalk of the highways. When the tires of the vehicles step on them, a loud sound and vibration is generated in the vehicle, which in case the driver is falling asleep, alerts him so that he can avoid an accident.
These bands are the first installed in the country on a road communication land. They are also being placed in the expansion works of the Duarte Highwayas well as other major roads.
Alexis Sosa, director of the Ministry of Works Public in Santiago, explained to Free Newspaper that the soundtracks were installed on the Northern Ring Road during the reconstruction work carried out during Luis Abinader’s first government administration.
“Precisely, it is a kind of extent of security “used on modern highways,” the official said.
Although there is no record of the decrease in the accidents of transitthanks to the implementation of this system, assures that they have decreased “significantly” on the busy road.
Users
Juan Marte, leader of the sector transportconsiders that all measures taken to make the project viable are important. transitavoid accidents and preserve lives.
He suggests that this system be implemented also in the roads where most are recorded accidents of transitsuch as Jarabacoa, Casabito-Constanza and the tourist Gregorio Luperón. In the southern region mentions those of Barahona, Paraíso, Oviedo and Pedernales.
Complaints of the neighbors
The neighbors in the surroundings where they are installed the soundtracks They complain about the noise.
According to what they say, many drivers They cross their vehicles on the strips “just to do noise“.
Road rumble strips are primarily installed to warn drivers about the proximity of a dangerous area, such as a sharp curve or a school zone. They can be made of different materials, such as thermoplastic, high-adhesion tape, or can even be created directly on the asphalt or concrete. Some countries that use these stripes are: United States, Canada, Spain, United Kingdom, Mexico, Australia, Sweden, and Japan. Their use is expanding due to their effectiveness in improving road safety.
