Flashing lights marked the scene of DFW’s latest wrong-way crash on Monday. Dallas police say a driver going north in the southbound lanes of US-75 died after colliding head-on with an SUV. The force killed a young mother. Her family says her husband remains hospitalized. Wrong-way crashes are a problem that have long plagued North Texas. While highway cameras and toll reader sensors can notify law enforcement when drivers enter the highway from the wrong direction, advocates have pushed for stronger life-saving technology. NBC 5 has reported on some of those efforts, including cell phone notifications that rely on Amber Alert technology. Recent Dallas ISD graduate Rohan Parthipan believes AI could be key. “We have vehicles that can do lane assist, cruise control, even emergency braking. And i wondered why can we implement a similar technology in these vehicles to prevent wrong way driving instances, crashes,” said Parthipan. Now a freshman at Carnegie Mellon University, Parthipan’s spent two years developing a smart dash cam that uses the back of street signs to detect wrong-way driving. “In every frame of that footage, the model is going to detect whether there are any backs of signs present in that frame, and if it does it’ll send out an alert to the driver warning them that they’re going the wrong way,” he said. Parthipan said field tests simulating real-life crashes like Monday’s have provided warnings within 30 to 45 seconds. The teen is now focused on perfecting his technology with the hope that one day car makers can use it to save lives. ...read more read less