WERE HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN TO JAIL. ODOT SAYS A HIGH-TECH SYSTEM DESIGNED TO PROTECT ALL OF US FROM WRONG-WAY DRIVERS IS WORKING AND NOW THEY'RE EXPANDING IT ALONG THE EVER BUSY. I-35 NEWS FOUR'S KATELYN OGLE SHOWS US HOW IT WORKS. >> NORTH EAST 27TH STREET AND MORE AND YOU CAN SEE IT WOULD BE EASY TO TAKE THIS ROAD AND GO UP THAT I-35 RAMP AROUND WAIT. THAT'S WHY ODOT WANTS TO INSTALL A NEW WRONG-WAY DETECTION SYSTEM HERE ALONG WITH 18 OTHER LOCATION.
>> WRONG-WAY CRASHES IN OKLAHOMA ARE NOT THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF CRASH WE HAVE. BUT WHEN THEY DO OCCUR, THEY'RE OFTEN SOME OF THE MOST SEVERE CRASHES WE HAVE OVER THE YEARS. NEWS 4 HAS COVERED A NUMBER OF DEADLY WRONG-WAY CRASHES SINCE 2022. ODOT HAS BEEN INSTALLING THESE WRONG-WAY DETECTION SYSTEMS ALONG INTERSTATE IN EASTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE WESTERN I-40 CORRIDOR, WHICH WOULD AGAIN, WE'LL GO FROM OKLAHOMA COUNTY LINE ALL THE WAY UP TO TEXAS AND THAT'S SLATED TO BE WRAPPED UP THIS YEAR. THE SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY WORKING. THESE VIDEOS ARE FROM CHICO TO SEVERAL DRIVERS GO PAST THE FIRST 2 SIGNS THAT SAY DO NOT ENTER TO TURN AROUND AFTER SEEING THE SECOND SET ONE.
IT DOESN'T. BUT ONCE THEY HIT THE FLASHING WRONG-WAY SIGNS, THEY THROW THE CAR INTO REVERSE, WHICH WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT IF THERE ARE ANYBODY TRYING TO GET ON THE WRONG WAY. THE 4 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT WILL START AT THE OKLAHOMA CLEVELAND COUNTY BORDER EVENTUALLY INSTALLING THE SYSTEMS AT 18 LOCATIONS ALL THE WAY DOWN. I-35 TO THE TEXAS BORDER. MEANWHILE, RESEARCHERS ARE HUNTING DOWN MORE PROBLEMATIC LOCATIONS. OKLAHOMA CITY AND TULSA WILL BE GETTING THESE WRONG-WAY DETECTION SYSTEMS AT A LATER DATE. >> IN OKLAHOMA CITY, KATELYN OGLE, OKLAHOMA'S NEWS 4. >> AND THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP BY LATE FALL. THEN .