DANGER! WRONG-WAY DRIVER AHEAD!

The Wrong-Way Device consists of electronic direction sensors imbedded in the roadway to sense wrong-way traffic movement, signal a semaphore arm to lower across the road, and activate a variable message board to alert any exiting traffic to the hazard. In 1979 the Illinois Department of Transportation installed the device on the exit ramp of a parallel-cloverleaf type intersection. The results of this test and evaluation of the Wrong-Way Device are summarized in this article. Concluding comments refer to the cost effectiveness of the device.

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  National Safety Council

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• Authors:
  • Knight, D B
• Publication Date: 1983-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety (Chicago)
  • Volume: 83
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: National Safety Council
  • ISSN: 0041-0721

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Evaluation; Warning devices; Wrong way driving
• Old TRIS Terms: Test results
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385725
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 917
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM