The state launched a new traffic warning system. Guess what?
BY STEVE RITEA
Newsday
The day after state officials unveiled $450,000 worth of electronic signage designed to alert drivers to traffic slowdowns on the Northern State Parkway, the system got its first test Wednesday after a truck illegally entered roadway, striking a low bridge and snarling traffic.
And the signs failed.
A system programmed to recognize only traffic moving faster than 10 mph went to sleep when drivers needed it most, with the computer assuming that slow traffic meant no traffic at all.
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