On February 16th, 2026, at 2:02 a.m., a wrong-way driving incident occurred on the Dallas North Tollway near the Highway 35 on-ramp and Royal Lane. The driver entered the tollway travelling northbound in the southbound lanes.
This is a major improvement compared to the original 8-minute duration of wrong-way driving. Instead of traveling miles in the wrong direction, the driver would have been alerted almost immediately, creating a much earlier opportunity to recognize and correct the mistake.
The system issued an initial alert within 15 seconds after the driver began travelling in the wrong direction.
Continuous alerts were triggered approximately 35 seconds after the initial warning.