CENTRAL FLORIDA — More than one dozen drivers have been caught going the wrong way on Central Florida expressways. Those drivers have turned around before something tragic happened, thanks to a new warning system, officials said.
“That’s too many, way too many,” said driver Karen Hill.
The new warning system has been installed at five ramps on State Road 407 and the Beachline in the last year as part of a pilot program. The signs light up to tell drivers they’re going the wrong way.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said wrong-way drivers accounted for nearly 300 calls in Central Florida in the past 18 months.
“Most of the time you get the ones that are a little confused. But a lot of the times it’s people who are under the influence of something,” said Hill.
The Expressway Authority is working to add the system to another 19 ramps across the region.
The expansion could be complete by early 2017.
Here is a list of where the next cameras will go.
o SR 408 WB @ Old Winter Garden Rd
o SR 408 WB @ John Young Parkway
o SR 408 EB @ John Young Parkway
o SR 408 EB @ Chickesaw Tr
o SR 408 WB @ Dean Rd
o SR 528 EB @ Narcoossee Rd
o SR 528 WB @ Narcoossee Rd
o SR 417 SB @ University Blvd
o SR 417NB @ SR 50
o SR 417 SB @ SR 50
o SR 417 SB @ Moss Park Rd
o SR 417 NB @ Moss Park Rd
o SR 417 SB @ Dowden Rd/Innovation Way
o SR 417 NB @ Dowden Rd/Innovation Way
o SR 417 NB @ US 441
o SR 414 WB @ Keene Rd
o SR 429 SB @ Plant St
o SR 429 SB @ CR 473A
o SR 429 NB @ CR 473A
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