Arrester Bed : An area of land adjacent to the road filled with a particulate material to decelerate and stop out-of-control vehicles; generally located on long steep descending gradients (see emergency escape ramp)
Peter Milne and Kieran Sharp, ARRB Group, and Bob Ungers, consultant, Austroads Glossary of Terms (4th Ed.), Austroads Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia 2010. http://www.bicyclensw.org.au/files/u1/Austroads_Gl ossary_of_Terms_4th_edition.pdf (Road Trfc and Transp Sfty - Brit) {529}