(WGGB/WSHM) -- State leaders are moving to install new technology designed to stop wrong-way drivers before they reach the highway, more than a month after the death of State Trooper Kevin Trainor on Route 1 in Lynnfield.

Mass. State Police said they have seen a spike in wrong-way driving calls over the last two years. Currently, only 16 ramps in the entire state use the high-tech detection system.

The technology uses thermal cameras and sensors. If a vehicle enters a ramp going the wrong way, bright, solar-powered LED signs will start flashing to alert the driver. The system will also alert State Police and the MassDOT highway operations center.

Similar technology is already being used in states like Connecticut, where 86 percent of wrong-way driver deaths have declined since 2023.

The move comes after two state troopers were hit by wrong-way drivers on Route 1. Trooper Kevin Trainor was killed on May 6.

MassDOT says they are starting to install the new detectors on more than a dozen additional ramps this week.

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