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