It's a stretch of road that's caused a lot of problems.

"We had a run there were there were quite a few accidents on the 127/496 interchange," Leo Allaire of the East Lansing Fire Department said.

Six accidents in 2008 by News Ten's count at that very spot. Allaire said at least three accidents involved trucks, one in August of that year was fatal.

"The signs were right at the curve itself, so people had to make relatively short decisions," Allaire said. "Sometimes they were the wrong ones, that's what happened in that fatal accident."

MDOT realized something needed to change at that interchange, so in October '08, three decisions were made to try to make the area safer.

An MDOT engineer tells News Ten the first change was to move the signs back a mile or so, then put arrows to show which lane you need be in much sooner. The second was to put a certain type of chemical on the road at the curve, to create more traction there, expecially in wet conditions. Lastly, they created a "decision lane" so even if you chose to go in either direction at the last minute, you wouldn't cause an accident.

Since then, drivers have noticed a difference.

"I think it helped," Taylor Trim said.

"I know having more ease in transitioning, people won't have to make such a rash decision," Elon Jeffrard said.

"I think it helps some, I really do," Curtis Stewart said. "You still need to pay attention as a driver."

Many emergency responders are all for the changes.

"The accident rate has decreased over the last six months or so," Allaire said. "Hopefully it will stay that way."

So far, so good.