Reflective roadway warning system indicating incorrect vehicular travel direction

Abstract

A plurality of reflector devices each having a reflective element, the reflector devices embeddable in the roadway of an off ramp, or in the curbing of an off ramp, and/or in the guardrails adjacent an off ramp or other one way street, the reflector warning system providing a visible alarm or alert to a driver in day or night conditions or low visibility that the driver has mistakenly or inadvertently turned his vehicle onto and is proceeding up an off ramp or other road way to another intersecting highway, and as such will encounter oncoming opposing traffic such that the driver can stop, reverse, and correct the mistake. The reflector devices embedded in the roadway depending upon their spacing will also provide a significantly tactile feedback to the driver that he is proceeding in the wrong direction by causing a vibration to the tires which is transmittable to the steering wheel.

1 . A reflective roadway warning system providing visual and tactile warning indications to a driver that the vehicle is proceeding in an incorrect traffic lane, said reflective roadway warning system comprising:
 a plurality of housings, each housing having a lower road engaging surface, an upper bifurcated surface, having a first rearward facing member, and a second forward facing member forming an obtuse angle with each other, said first member and said second member forming an acute angle with said lower surface, and two opposing side walls, said second member of said upper bifurcated surface forming an acute angle with said lower surface, said acute angle greater than said acute angle formed by said second member of said upper bifurcated surface and said lower surface, said second member of said upper bifurcated surface having positioned thereon a reflective warning element, said second member of said upper bifurcated surface having a height sufficient to impart a jolt to a wheel of a vehicle passing over said housing in a direction from said second member toward said first member of said bifurcated upper surface.   
     
     
         2 . The reflective roadway warning system in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said reflective element has a text indicia imprinted thereon warning of said incorrect travel direction. 
     
     
         3 . The reflective roadway warning system in accordance with  claim 1  wherein each of said housings is secured to said roadway in a special pattern so as to sequentially engage the wheels of a vehicle to provide tactile sensation to the driver. 
     
     
         4 . The reflective roadway warning system in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said housing of said reflective roadway warning systems are fabricated from recycled tires. 
     
     
         5 . The reflective roadway warning system in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said acute angle formed by said first member of said upper bifurcated surface and said lower surface is insufficient so as not to impart any tactile sensation to a vehicle wheel passing over said housing from said first member toward said second member of said upper bifurcated surface. 
     
     
         6 . The reflective warning system in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said housing has a pair of angled spaced apart legs extending outwardly from said second forward facing member on either side of said reflective warning element.