The skid marks that still stain US 127 are a grim reminder of all the accidents the stretch of road has seen over the course of the past few years. Accidents that are blamed on driver error.

"Drivers would fly up to that break point and would cut people off," Paul Steinman of MDOT says.

But that problem ideally ends this Sunday when MDOT will change the current lane configuration on Northbound US 127 from four lanes to three.

"It's meant to increase capacity on the Northbound 127 segment. And it's also meant to be a safety factor for anyone who might make a last second decision," Lt. Thad Peterson, of the Michigan State Police says.

Here's how it will work: Motorists will have a dedicated lane to Northbound 127 , I-496, and a third middle lane which will serve as a decision making lane that will give drivers more time to decide which route they want to take.

Steinman says the changes are extremely important because this year isn't the first time a plethora of crashes have happened on this stretch of highway.

"The crashes have always been there, it just hasn't always been high profile," Steinman says.

There has been some speculation that the accidents that have took place on 127 were caused by speed; however, Lt. Peterson from the State Police says that's not the case.

Peterson says a decrease in speed would only result in more tickets.

"If all we do is make people violators, which is what we would do in this case and we would dramatically reduce our compliance rate," Peterson says.

And according to the numbers, Steinman's right. When the speed was 55 miles-per-hour on US 127, there was a compliance rate of only 7.3%. With a higher speed of 70, 94.7% of drivers obeyed the law.