The Massachusetts Senate voted 40-0 to approve an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2027 budget aimed at preventing wrong-way driving on limited access highways. The amendment would require MassDOT to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive system to prevent wrong-way driving. New protocols would include directional striping, signage, and lane delineators, along with a detection system to alert wrong-way drivers, public safety agencies, and other motorists. The measures also require the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to implement new training for all police officers in Massachusetts on how to handle wrong-way driving incidents. The action follows the head-on death of State Trooper Kevin Trainor in Lynnfield.
"The Massachusetts Senate unanimously voted to approve measures to address wrong-way drivers on highways after State Trooper Kevin Trainor was struck head-on and killed earlier this month by a wrong-way driver."
"If adopted into law, MassDOT "develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive system to prevent the occurrence of wrong way driving on limited access roadways," the amendment says. New protocols would include directional striping, signage, and lane delineators."
"MassDOT would also be responsible for implementing a new detection system to alert wrong-way drivers, public safety agencies, and other motorists about the threat of a wrong-way driver."
""To specifically ensure the safety of police officers such as Trooper Trainor, the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security would implement new training for all police officers in Massachusetts on how to deal with incidents of wrong-way driving," Spilka's spokesperson said."
Read at Boston.com
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