went over a couple of rumble strips

[curiousmarcus]

While on a car:

Why did the car just vibrated? What did we just run over?

We just ran over a couple of rumble strips.

Does using just vibrated to describe what happened sound natural?

Do we run over rumble strips?

Do you call it "a couple of" rumble strips?

 

[Tarheel]

While in a car:

Why did the car just now vibrate? What did we run over?

 

[Tarheel]

You don't go over a couple of rumble strips
They are placed in bunches. They are there to alert drivers that they are crossing the median, going off the road, or approaching a stop sign.

 

[curiousmarcus]

While in a car:

Why did the car just now vibrate?

I was actually going for Why did the car just vibrate, but then changed it when I couldn't find a satisfactory sentence on Fraze.it for just vibrate.

 

[Tarheel]

"Why did the car just vibrate?" might mean it should also be doing something else, with "just" having the meaning of "only" in this case. (What else it might be doing I don't even want to think about.)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

While in a car:

Why did the car just vibrate? What did we just run over?

We just ran over a rumble strip.

Does using just vibrated to describe what happened sound natural? Yes.

Do we run over rumble strips? Yes.

Do you call it "a couple of" rumble strips? No.

It's singular. "Strip" refers to the entire row of bumps.

 

[Tarheel]

I got my information from a New Zealand website. Because I didn't know anything about rumble strips, I looked it up. I learned a lot about rumble strips at that site. I learned what rumble strips are for and where rumble strips are placed.

 

[SoothingDave]

"Why did the car just vibrate?" might mean it should also be doing something else, with "just" having the meaning of "only" in this case. (What else it might be doing I don't even want to think about.)

That would depend on tone and emphasis.

 

[SoothingDave]

I got my information from a New Zealand website. Because I didn't know anything about rumble strips, I looked it up. I learned a lot about rumble strips at that site. I learned what rumble strips are for and where rumble strips are placed.

You must not be in a part of the US with toll booths. They tend to put them on the approach to toll booths so people don't totally miss the signs and crash into them.

 

[emsr2d2]

For me, "Why did the car just now vibrate?" is very unnatural. I'd use "Why did the car just vibrate?" or "Why did the car vibrate just now?"

 

[Tdol]

It's probably just me, but go over sounds more natural to me than run over in this context.

 

[curiousmarcus]

It's probably just me, but go over sounds more natural to me than run over in this context.

How about ​drive over?