Success of wrong-way driver technology

Technology installed on the toll system in the Czech Republic by Kapsch TraffiCom is identifying seven to ten wrong-way drivers per month, according to says Ctirad Weissmann, director of the National Transportation Information Centre. Kapsch and the Czech Road and Motorway Directorate (ŘSD) received the prestigious Czech Transportation Technology of the Year 2012 award for the project. The system for the identification of wrong-way drivers has been part of the Czech toll system on highways D1, D2 and D5 sin
August 9, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
Kapsch technology is detecting wrong-way drivers every month
Technology installed on the toll system in the Czech Republic by 81 Kapsch TraffiCom is identifying seven to ten wrong-way drivers per month, according to says Ctirad Weissmann, director of the National Transportation Information Centre.

Kapsch and the Czech Road and Motorway Directorate (ŘSD) received the prestigious Czech Transportation Technology of the Year 2012 award for the project.

The system for the identification of wrong-way drivers has been part of the Czech toll system on highways D1, D2 and D5 since January 2012.  Detectors fixed to the toll gates immediately trigger an alarm at the control centre if a vehicle is on the wrong side of the highway.  Operators in the control centre use surveillance cameras to locate the vehicle and alert the police and emergency services.  Variable message signs display a warning to other drivers.

Weissmann says the system has proved highly effective in curtailing the consequences of any travel in the wrong direction on the local highways.
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