| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1387 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEKEATHLEY. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2871H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter226,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtowrong-way |
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| 8 | 8 | | vehicledetectionsystems. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter226,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection226.1250,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 226.1250.1.Thissectionshallbeknownandmaybecitedasthe"Alexander |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2WhalenSafeHighwaysAct". |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 2.Asusedinthissection,theterm"wrong-wayvehicledetectionsystem"or |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4"WWVDS"meansasystemconsistingofradarsensorsandthermalcamerasforvehicle |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5detection,wrong-wayanddonotentersignsenhancedwithlight-emittingdiodes,and |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6real-timealertstodepartmenttrafficmanagementcentersandlawenforcement. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 3.ThedepartmentoftransportationshallimplementWWVDSsbeginningno |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8laterthanMarch1,2026.ThedepartmentshallprioritizetheinstallationofWWVDSs |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9athigh-riskhighwayinterchanges,beginningwith: |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (1)TheintersectionofwestboundInterstate64andJeffersonAvenue;and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11 (2)Otherinterchangesidentifiedbythedepartmentthroughcrashandtraffic |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12dataasbeingpronetowrong-waydriving. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 4.WWVDSsshallbeintegratedwithdynamicmessagesignstoallowwarnings |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14tobedisplayedtootherdriversinthearea. |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 5.Thedepartmentshalldevelopasystemtoautomaticallynotifyemergency |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16respondersupondetectionofawrong-waydriver. |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 6.Thedepartmentshallperformastatewideeducationalcampaigntoinform |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18driversaboutwrong-waydrivingrisksandsafetymeasures. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 7.BeginningDecember31,2026,andannuallythereafter,thedepartmentshall |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20providetothegeneralassembly,andshallpresenttothejointcommitteeon |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21transportationoversightatitsfirstscheduledmeetingofeachyear,areportonthe |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22implementationandeffectivenessofWWVDSs,whichshallinclude: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 (1)Thenumberandlocationsofsystemscurrentlyimplemented; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 (2)Thenumberandlocationsofsystemsplannedtobeimplemented,withan |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25anticipateddateofimplementation; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26 (3)Theeffectonwrong-waydrivingincidentsandfatalities; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27 (4)Thecost-effectivenessofimplementedsystems;and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28 (5)Anyadjustmentstoimplementationstrategiestobemadebasedontheseor |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29otherfactors. |
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| 42 | 42 | | âś” |
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| 43 | 43 | | HB1387 2 |
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