India, July 17 -- LUCKNOW A day after the first fatal accident on the newly opened Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway, a joint inspection by the Lucknow Traffic Police and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) revealed an unexpected safety hazard: motorists entering the access-controlled highway without realising they would have to pay toll make illegal U-turns or drive against the traffic in an attempt to avoid it.

The review, conducted at the Banthra stretch where the accident occurred, found that many local motorists inadvertently enter the expressway from connecting roads without adequate advance information about toll charges, the ban on two and three-wheelers or the availability of alternative routes.

According to officials, some...