明言する/公表するs 捜し出す ways to 抑制(する) deadly 主要道路 wrong-way 衝突,墜落s

BOSTON (AP) - As Connecticut 明言する/公表する Rep. Quentin Williams was 運動ing home from the 知事's 就任(式)/開始 ball last month, he was struck 長,率いる-on by a driver who had entered the 主要道路 using a ramp going in the wrong direction, 殺人,大当り both Williams and the driver.

Williams' death threw a スポットライト on a 肉親,親類d of car 事故 that is 特に deadly: wrong-way 衝突,墜落s. Each year in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs, they result in 400 to 500 deaths によれば 連邦の 主要道路 行政官/管理者s.

"He was the life of every party. He had an 感染性の happiness about him. He knew everybody and if he didn´t, he would find a way to know them," said 明言する/公表する Sen. Matthew Lesser, a fellow 民主党員 who 述べるd Williams as one of his closest friends. "He was a rising 星/主役にする in the 立法機関 with an incredible 未来 in 前線 of him and the next minute he was taken away from us."

Connecticut is 捜し出すing to join a growing number of 明言する/公表するs, 含むing Massachusetts, trying to 抑制(する) the frequency of deadly wrong-way 主要道路 衝突/不一致s by turning to new 衝突,墜落 予防 科学(工学)技術s.

A $2.6 million 操縦する program in Massachusetts 捜し出すs to discourage wayward drivers by 任命する/導入するing wrong-way 乗り物 (犯罪,病気などの)発見 systems at 主要道路 ramps.

When the system (悪事,秘密などを)発見するs a car entering a ramp in the wrong direction it 始める,決めるs off flashing lights, 調印するs and, at some 場所s, audible alarms to 警報 the driver.

"It gives you an 適切な時期 to 攻撃する,衝突する the ブレーキs, realize you´ve gone in the wrong direction and turn around, " said Massachusetts 主要道路 行政官/管理者 Jonathan Gulliver.

If the driver continues にもかかわらず the 警告 system, 明言する/公表する police receive a notice of a possible wrong-way driver. The 主要道路 操作/手術s 中心 is also 通知するd so they can すぐに 活動させる/戦時編成する message boards on the roadway to let other 運転者s know someone might be 運動ing in the wrong direction toward them.

In Massachusetts, around 30 fatalities have been せいにするd to wrong-way 乗り物 衝突,墜落s since 2014, 公式の/役人s said.

Gulliver said the 明言する/公表する is 製図/抽選 in part on wrong-way (犯罪,病気などの)発見 率先s in other 明言する/公表するs, 含むing Texas and Rhode Island.

Older drivers, younger inexperienced drivers and impaired drivers - 含むing those under the 影響(力) of alcohol - tend to be more at 危険 of 始めるing wrong-way 衝突,墜落s, によれば 研究員s.

Most wrong-way 衝突,墜落s that result in a fatality occur at night, when it´s harder to see 調印するs. A disproportionate number also happen on the 週末, which could 同時に起こる/一致する with 増加するd alcohol 消費.

"When wrong-way driver 衝突,墜落s happen they 一般に lead to fatalities. They are some of the most deadly 衝突,墜落s we have, 特に when they´re on the interstates 伴う/関わるing high 速度(を上げる)," Gulliver said.

Last July, a 衝突,墜落 伴う/関わるing a wrong-way car on an interstate in northern Illinois left seven people dead, 含むing five children. In November, five people, 含むing two children, were killed in Alabama when their car entered the 主要道路 going the wrong way and 攻撃する,衝突する an 18-wheeler.

At least a handful of 明言する/公表するs have 開始する,打ち上げるd programs to 演説(する)/住所 these types of 衝突,墜落s.

Last year, Kentucky received a $5 million 連邦の 認める to help 妨げる wrong-way 衝突,墜落s on interstates. And in 2017, Arizona 発表するd what it called a first-in-the-nation 操縦する program to use thermal camera 科学(工学)技術 to 演説(する)/住所 wrong-way 運動ing problems.

Connecticut last year touted a $20 million program ーするつもりであるd to 任命する/導入する cameras on wrong-way 調印するs across the 明言する/公表する that would 誘発する/引き起こす flashing lights when a wrong-way driver is (悪事,秘密などを)発見するd after these types of 衝突,墜落s led to nearly two dozen deaths in 2022 - a 劇の spike from earlier years.

Several 法案s have been とじ込み/提出するd to 拡大する that program.

"It´s one thing to know that in the abstract, it´s another to have a の近くに friend killed," Lesser said of the sharp 増加する in 事故s. "It can´t but light a 解雇する/砲火/射撃 under my 同僚s to 調査する 政策 解答s."

The Massachusetts system, which is 基金d through a mix of 明言する/公表する and 連邦の dollars, has so far been 始める,決める up at 10 場所s with another six next in line as part of the 操縦する program.

最初, the 操縦する program was ーするつもりであるd to be a multi-year 成果/努力, but the system has proven so successful 公式の/役人s said the 明言する/公表する will work to 拡大する it quickly, Gulliver said.

Since the first 警告 systems were 始める,決める up in November, the 明言する/公表する has 記録,記録的な/記録するd 22 alarms, resulting in severa l drivers self-訂正するing, によれば 公式の/役人s.

Massachusetts 直面するs 付加 challenges because it's a 密集して 居住させるd 明言する/公表する with older road systems that can いつかs be 混乱させるing to 地元の drivers and 訪問者s.

Gulliver said that over the years, the 明言する/公表する has taken steps to 減ずる that 混乱 and the wrong-way program will その上の 援助(する) 運転者s.

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