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.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 44, pp 31-33, 2 PHOT
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Highway Research News

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Pavements; Ramps (Interchanges); 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
• Created Date: Dec 13 1971 12:00AM