For years, engineers and traffic safety experts have tried to protect motorists from the significant danger of wrong way drivers. Carefully placed easy to understand signs and road engineering all try to prevent wrong way drivers from causing serious crashes.

However, research indicates that when a driver is drunk those signs and engineering safety provisions are not enough. While confused or elderly drivers may also get on a road the wrong way, they typically pull over quickly and realize their mistake. That may not be so for drunk drivers.

Some states are experimenting with high tech devices that could prevent or deter wrong way drivers. Much of the technology, however, is years away from being widely implemented.

In the meantime, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is currently doing a nationwide study on wrong way driving – an area that the federal government believes is a significant problem that is largely caused by drunk driving.

If you have been hurt, or a loved one has been killed, in a wrong way driving accident then please call experienced accident and injury lawyers who will fight hard for your fair and just recovery.