By KENNEDY GRIFFIN
(Bernardston, MA) The MassDOT Wrong-Way Detection System was recently installed on I-91 at exit 50 in Bernardston. The detection system sign flashes to alert the driver they are traveling in the wrong direction and video from MassDOT shows the system in action Thursday evening.
A car attempts to enter the highway in the wrong direction, the sign flashes and the driver stops and reverses before any incident occurred. If the driver had not stopped, the detection system would have alerted the police and activated alerts on the road to warn other drivers.
The wrong-way detection systems being installed on Massachusetts highways are part of a $2.6 million pilot program. The pilot program is testing the system on sixteen on-ramps throughout the state.