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The Ohio Department of Transportation is looking to prevent wrong-way crashes along one busy section of a Northeast Ohio corridor. As of Tuesday, 25 ramps along Interstates 71 and 90 are fitted with wrong-way detection devices.'We know that wrong-way crashes make up a small percentage of all the total crashes that we see on the roadways,' said ODOT spokesperson Brent Kovacs. 'We're talking about point 0.1% of all crashes,' Kovacs said.
LED lights can be triggered by wrong-way drivers and alert them that they are going the wrong way. Cameras alert state transportation officials in Columbus, who, in turn, decide if the alarm is valid or not to mobilize the highway patrol to intercept the wrong-way driver.'A lot of times when we see wrong-way crash crashes,' Kovacs said. 'They're an innocent motorist, unfortunately.'Crash data was taken from 2016-2019, and Kovacs said alcohol was a contributing factor.
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