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Researchers Find ‘Smart’ Signs, Markers Help Prevent Wrong-Way Driving Crashes

Innovative traffic safety research from Florida State University, incorporating a fascinating mix of engineering and psychology, is being deployed on highways to save lives by targeting a deadly problem: wrong-way driving crashes. The statistics are alarming. Nationwide, wrong-way crashes kill …

New Wrong-Way Signs Slated for Some Las Vegas Interchanges

Signs activated by radar and equipped with red flashing lights to warn drivers going the wrong direction are slated to be installed at some highway exit ramps in Las Vegas. The Nevada Department of Transportation is planning to place the …

Arizona Gov. Says State Needs to Stop Wrong-Way Freeway Crashes

Gov. Doug Ducey reacted Wednesday to the latest fatal wrong-way crash on a Phoenix-area freeway by ordering state agencies to take steps to combat the deadly problem. Ducey commented after two drivers were killed and a third injured in a …

Illinois Bill Seeks Stiffer Sentences for Impaired Wrong-way Drivers

The mother of a Chicago Ridge, Ill., police officer killed in a 2015 crash with an intoxicated, wrong-way driver is pushing for legislation that would increase penalties for people convicted in such crashes. Lisa Smith is supporting a bill in …

Florida DOT Installs Beacons to Help Prevent Wrong Way Crashes

Eleven people have died since February in the Tampa Bay area because of wrong way crashes, and area law enforcement officers are trying to prevent more deaths. WFLA reports that Florida Department of Transportation officials say new beacons will be …