Patch Readers Sound Off on Red Lights in Rohnert Park-Cotati

If you’re frustrated with the red light situation in Rohnert Park - Cotati, 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 accidents.

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 Rohnert Park - Cotati best. We asked you on Facebook how you felt about the red lights in our area. Could Rohnert Park - Cotati use more red lights? Are there too many? What intersections need a stop light, or can we get rid of one?

Here’s what readers said on social media:

-"Too many stop signs."

-"Not too many. I think lights are so much safer than stop signs, especially the 4-ways."

-"Too many stop signs in strange places. I'm from New England and they don't use four-way double lane stop signs. But I'm loving the freeway lights!"

-"Not sure about too many lights but way too many stop signs. There are stop signs for a 3-way intersection in neighborhoods and it's ridiculous. I grew up in a neighborhood where if you're going straight, you just go. If you need to turn, you look both ways and go. The people going straight should NOT have to stop."

-"Where would we even put more stop lights?"

-"No, not too many! I think some of our cross walks without lights or stop signs need attention though! Snyder road by H Park on golf course we have two cross walks - why don't we have flashing lights or something."

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