<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2t9f7C_1Gve26Lv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2t9f7C_1Gve26Lv00" width="800" height="450" >LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Head-on crashes caused by wrong-way drivers have contributed to a deadly toll on Nevada roads, with 133 traffic fatalities from head-on collisions reported between 2020 and 2024.As the state looks for ways to prevent those numbers from rising, Jeff Payne, founder and CEO of Driver’s Edge, said drivers need to be prepared for the possibility of encountering a wrong-way vehicle. “What can you do if you are faced with a head-on driver? What can you do if you are faced with someone who is coming the wrong way at you?” Payne said.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2gZxDh_1Gve26Lv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2gZxDh_1Gve26Lv00" width="800" height="450" >Driver’s Edge is a program that teaches drivers younger than 21 years old about driver safety in emergency situations. Payne said preparation, along with avoiding distracted and impaired driving, can help, but he emphasized that infrastructure changes are key. “The only thing we can really do is what NDOT is actually trying to do and it is to implement warning systems on all our highways,” he said.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2K7yos_1Gve26Lv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2K7yos_1Gve26Lv00" width="800" height="450" >Over the last few years, the Nevada Department of Transportation has begun installing wrong-way driver warning systems at freeway off-ramps across the Las Vegas Valley and around the state. The systems include red “Wrong Way” signs with flashing lights and red markings on the roadway intended to alert drivers they are entering in the wrong direction.“Every little bit helps because if it just prevents one person from driving the wrong way, lives can be saved right there,” Payne said.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Q1be1_1Gve26Lv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Q1be1_1Gve26Lv00" width="800" height="450" >NDOT said it has a statewide plan but that installation depends on available funding and that infrastructure alone cannot stop every wrong-way crash. In a statement, an NDOT representative said: “NDOT has developed a plan to install wrong way driver warning systems at all interchanges throughout the state. These systems are being installed based on funding availability. While warning lights can be effectual, many of these wrong way driving crashes involve impairment or other driver behaviors that cannot be addressed through infrastructure enhancements.”<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0Pv0Tf_1Gve26Lv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Pv0Tf_1Gve26Lv00" width="800" height="450" >Payne said that means drivers traveling the correct direction still need to stay alert. “There is two sides of it. You have the person who is driving the wrong way. And then you have, ‘What can we do, on the road, to better prepare ourselves?’ If we are faced with a wrong way driver,” he said.Payne’s advice includes avoiding distracted driving and not driving impaired. If a wrong-way driver is approaching, he said motorists should try to move to the side as safely as possible to avoid a crash with the oncoming vehicle and other nearby traffic.</div></body>

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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Head-on crashes caused by wrong-way drivers have contributed to a deadly toll on Nevada roads, with 133 traffic fatalities from head-on collisions reported between 2020 and 2024. As the state looks for ways to prevent those numbers from rising, Jeff Payne, founder and CEO of...

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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Head-on crashes caused by wrong-way drivers have contributed to a deadly toll on Nevada roads, with 133 traffic fatalities from head-on 

NDOT warning systems at freeway interchanges attempt to curb wrong-way deaths

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