Wisconsin Personal Injury Lawyer Applauds Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County combats wrong-way driving
On behalf of Milwaukee personal injury attorney Ric Domnitz of Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C. posted in Car Accidents on Wednesday, October 10, 2012.
Wrong-way drivers are wreaking havoc in Milwaukee County. Unfortunately, there are several entrance and exit ramps that are close together in the vicinity of our local highway system. Consequently, there are many instances of drivers driving the wrong way on the highway, particularly at night.
This issue has been a significant source car accidents resulting in injury, death and property damage in Milwaukee County this year. To date, 2012 has seen 29 incidents of wrong-way drivers that sheriff deputies responded to, including one wrong-way driver that killed herself and two others upon impact. In 2010, 31 people were killed in Wisconsin by a driver on the wrong side of the road.
To directly address this problem, Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputies announced plans yesterday to install pole-mounted radar detectors that will go off to alert authorities to the presence of a wrong-way driver. In conjunction with the state Department of Transportation, Milwaukee County will install these radar detectors at nine high-incident ramps. Additionally, solar powered “wrong way” signs will also be installed. This is set to be in effect by Thanksgiving of this year.
According to one Milwaukee County Sheriff deputy, “There is no greater danger to motorist than an oncoming car traveling at high speeds.” These detectors will alert authorities via text message to the presence of a wrong-way driver while continued tracking of the driver through the DOT camera system will also be triggered. If installation at these nine ramps proves beneficial, there could be wider spread use of these radar devices.
Source: Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, “Milwaukee County launches effort to halt wrong-way drivers on freeways,” Meg Jones, Oct. 9, 2012
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