Does Mission Viejo Have Too Many Lights

If you’re frustrated with the red light situation in Mission Viejo, you are in good company.

While stop lights are one of the necessary evils of commuting, they don’t guarantee safety for pedestrians or cooperation from drivers.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, red-light running is the number one cause of urban crashes. Furthermore in 2013, approximately 127,000 people were injured in red-light related crashes.

In August 2015, the National Coalition for Safer Roads released an interactive safety map that would allow users to see the number of red-light running deaths in their area as part of the group’s ‘Stop on Red’ initiative.

At Patch, we appreciate that our readers and motorists know the stop lights in Mission Viejo best. We asked you on Facebook how you felt about the red lights in our area. Could Mission Viejo use more red lights? Are there too many? What intersections need a stop light, or can get rid of one?

Here’s what readers said on social media:

- "How about a light at La Paz and Los Cabblos? Dangerous coming out and turning left."

- "The lights need to be synced correctly"

- "Too many light signals placed to closely to each other. It is maddening!"

- "Not enough! Too many speeders on Alicia. There's a reason it has several "most dangerous" intersections in all of OC."

Is there a red light in Mission Viejo you can’t stand? Is there an intersection that could desperately use a red light? Let us know on Facebook.