New MDOT System To Warn Wrong-Way Drivers

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A new Wrong Way Alert System is being unveiled by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Jackson Transportation Service Center Manager Kelby Wallace told Michigan News Network this week the system is being installed at the eastbound I-94 exit ramp to Sargent Road east of Jackson.

“Based on a review of the past crash history, and it’s maybe a somewhat confusing configuration and so it seemed like a good opportunity to give this system a try there and see if it’s successful,” Wallace said.

Cameras in the system will detect when a car is driving toward it, triggering high-intensity red LED flasher lights mounted on each of the wrong way signs, warning drivers that they are going the wrong way.