A traffic-control device in the form of a raised dome set into a road surface at junctions and on corners to control speed and positioning.
the silent policeman is visible in the middle of Chestnut Street
Example sentencesExamples
- In an effort to control traffic flow, many towns installed a silent policeman.
- They intended the silent policeman to expedite traffic, but it did not.
- One of his wheels hit the right hand side of the silent policeman.
- The silent policeman is visible in the middle of the street.
- There is to be a silent policeman at the intersection of the two highways.