The signs are bigger and brighter, and state officials hope drivers can't miss them.
In the wake of repeated wrong-way fatal crashes, 3,600 new"Wrong Way" and"Do Not Enter" signs were just installed at 422 ramps. "Many of the wrong-way crashes involve impaired drivers," said New York State Dept. of Transportation Chief Engineer Nicholas Choubah."Generally we install signs at 7 feet.
"Sometimes commercial traffic does end up on those roadways and sometimes some of those commercial operators aren't very familiar with the roadways and aren't aware that those bridges are not designed or made to accommodate the heights of their trucks," said New York State Police Major Stephen Udice.
When it comes to bridge strikes, GPS apps have added to the problem. Not all truck drivers use commercial GPS that would route them properly. There's a nationwide effort to make that mandatory.
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