CALIFORNIA EXPLORES METHODS OF FIGHTING CONTINUING PROBLEM OF WRONG-WAY DRIVING

A 5-POINT PROGRAM FOR PREVENTING WRONG-WAY DRIVING WAS INITIATED BY THE CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS AFTER 53 PEOPLE DIED IN WRONG-WAY ACCIDENTS ON THE STATE'S FREEWAY SYSTEM IN 1970. POINT 1 WAS TO REEXAMINE THE PAST 9 YEARS OF RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM, INCLUDING DEVICES USED TO PREVENT IT: PAVEMENT BUMPS, WARNING SIGNS, ETC. POINT 2 CALLED FOR THE REVIEW OF RESEARCH DONE BY OTHER STATES. POINT 3 WAS TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WHERE WRONG-WAY MOVEMENTS ARE OCCURRING AND WHO IS MAKING THEM. FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF FREEWAY RAMPS WERE MADE UNDER POINT 4 TO FIND THE OPTIMUM SIGNING AND PLACEMENT OF SIGNS AND GUIDE MARKERS IN THE VICINITY OF RAMP TERMINALS. POINT 5 WILL BE CONTINUED CAMERA SURVEILLANCE OF OFF-RAMPS TO DETECT WRONG-WAY.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrnews/hr-news-44-04.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 44, pp 31-33, 2 PHOT. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 31-33
• Serial:
  • Highway Research News
  • Issue Number: 44

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Interchange ramps; Pavements; Signs; Surveillance; Warning systems; Wrong way driving
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway ramps
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226062
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 13 1971 12:00AM