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Weeks after a wrong-way driver caused a head-on collision that killed a state trooper, the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a measure that would expand the state\u2019s wrong-way detection technology and create a protocol to prevent future incidents.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The collision killed the Roslindale driver and State Police Trooper Kevin Trainor, a 30-year-old who spent three years in the department. Trainor was on his way home after completing a shift on May 6 when he responded to a call about a Jeep traveling south in the northbound lanes of Route 1 near the Lynnfield overpass.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trainor and other troopers rushed to the scene, where they spotted the vehicle around 2 a.m. The two collided about 17 seconds later, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWrong-way driving is a scourge on our highways,\u201d state Senator Bruce Tarr, a Gloucester Republican and the chamber\u2019s minority leader who sponsored the measure, said on the Senate floor Thursday. \u201cWe cannot turn away. We must act.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has had a wrong-way detection pilot program in place since 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n

The legislation, which the Senate adopted as an amendment to its $63 billion state budget plan, would expand the program to include directional striping on access ramps and detection systems with warning devices and alert police when wrong-way driving incidents happen in real time, according to the measure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tarr said the proposal was informed by a trip with other legislators to Connecticut, where officials have moved to expand a wrong-way driver detection system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tarr said he and other legislators began drafting the legislation when Christopher Dailey, an 18\u2011year\u2011old Gloucester High School graduate and hockey team captain, died in a wrong-way crash on Route 128 last summer. He called the death an \u201cunthinkable loss.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Nicole Dailey, Dailey\u2019s mother, appeared alongside Tarr on Thursday, saying she was grateful for the effort to \u201cmake sure nobody else has to go through [wrong-way driving deaths].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t need to happen,\u201d she said through tears. <\/span><\/p>\n

The recent wrong-way crash involving Trainor coincided with the Legislature\u2019s budget debate, Tarr said, which he believed would help shepherd the bill to passage. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe tragic loss of Trooper Trainor gave us another compelling reason to move as quickly as possible, because it reminded us that every day we\u2019re at risk,\u201d Tarr said. \u201cI\u2019m not sure that we\u2019ll ever be able to prevent it, but in good conscience, we have to do everything possible to minimize the chances that any of us or any of our loved ones will be affected.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The MassDOT pilot program involved a $2.6 million detection system, installed across 16 points on exits and on-ramps across the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

The legislation passed by the Senate proposed that MassDOT create a plan for public service announcements, a study on improving roadway safety for drivers over 70, special law enforcement training about wrong-way driving, and an analysis of documented incidents of wrong-way driving.<\/span><\/p>\n

MassDOT currently tracks wrong-way violations issued on the Massachusetts Turnpike and Boston\u2019s Callahan and Sumner Tunnels, but does not include wrong\u2011way incidents on local roads, cases where drivers corrected course before being cited by law enforcement, or crashes charged under broader offenses. <\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s no price tag on his amendment, Tarr said, but the legislation would ask the transportation secretary to prepare a budget and issue reports with the costs associated each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the first series of installations would encompass approximately 600 different locations across state highways, which he said is \u201conly a fraction\u201d of how many will be needed in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very much an evolutionary kind of thing,\u201d Tarr said. \u201cThe main thing about today was putting down the marker, saying, \u2018We will have a plan, and that plan will evolve.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Tarr said the legislation is backed by Governor Maura Healey, who has directed MassDOT to work with senators on the legislation. <\/span><\/p>\n

The proposal was not included in the House\u2019s version of the budget it passed in April, adding to the list of differences that legislative leaders will have to hash out before sending a final version of the budget to Healey for her signature. <\/span><\/p>\n

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