The recent rash of fatal wrong-way accidents in California is prompting Cal Trans to take a new and relatively low-cost measure. 6 people died earlier this month, after such a crash on I-5 near Woodland. Agency spokeswoman Liza Whitmore says during future maintenance and re-paving projects on all freeways, crews will also be placing red reflectors on the backside of new lane markers. That’ll be every 48 feet on every lane…

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Cal Trans says it’ll take several years to have the 2 and a half million red reflectors on all freeways, including the Golden Center Freeway. Whitmore says they’ve already launched a pilot program on the effectiveness of the reflectors on some freeway ramps in the Sacramento and San Diego areas where 10 wrong-way crashes in 2015 killed 24 people. That’s on Interstates 5 and 80, as well as Highway 50…

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But Whitmore says Cal Trans has filmed instances of the reflectors preventing drivers from entering a freeway the wrong way. Wrong Way signs will still be in place, as well. And Cal Trans has also been experimenting with flashing LED lights bordering those signs.