State agencies partner to prevent wrong-way drivers

Signs light up as part of the state’s wrong-way driving detection systems. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Signs light up as part of the state’s wrong-way driving detection systems. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

LANSING

The Michigan Department of Transportation, the State Police and the city of Grand Rapids are installing detectors to reduce the likelihood of wrong-way driving.

There were 2,008 deaths from wrong-way driving crashes on divided highways between 2015 and 2018 nationally, an average of 500 per year, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Michigan has had at least 850 wrong-way crash…