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Thermal cameras on the I-17 mainline at Indian School, Thomas and McDowell roads provided updates, with video, to ADOT and AZDPS as the vehicle proceeded southbound in the northbound lanes.ĭPS troopers who were dispatched right after the first detection caught up with the driver south of McDowell Road.ĪDOT’s first-in-the-nation system, which includes 90 thermal cameras along 15 miles of I-17 between the I-10 Stack and the Loop 101 interchange in north Phoenix, has been operational for one year while engineers evaluate the performance of its components. At the same time, ADOT activated wrong-way vehicle warnings on overhead freeway signs in the area. and alerted the Arizona Department of Transportation’s traffic operations center staff as well as the AZDPS dispatch center.

No one was hurt as the vehicle traveled southbound on northbound I-17, primarily in the HOV lane, from Camelback Road until just before the “Stack” interchange with Interstate 10, where Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers took the driver into custody.Īs designed, a thermal camera immediately detected the truck entering the northbound I-17 exit ramp at Camelback Road shortly after 3 a.m. PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation’s thermal camera-based wrong-way vehicle detection system along Interstate 17 in Phoenix alerted authorities and other motorists to a pickup truck being driven the wrong-way on the freeway early Monday morning. UPS is an equal opportunity employer.I-17 thermal-camera system alerts ADOT, DPS to wrong-way truck Driver taken into custody near the I-10 ‘Stack’ interchange in Phoenix


The position reports directly to the package dispatch supervisor and is responsible for analysis of the dispatch plan and identifying areas of opportunities. This assistance is comprised of dispatch analysis work and performing daily routine tasks that support the dispatch and preload team. The role of the part time dispatch supervisor is to assist the package dispatch supervisor (PDS).
