Patch Readers Sound Off on Red Lights in Suisun City

If you’re frustrated with the red light situation in Suisun City, 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 Suisun City best. We asked you on Facebook how you felt about the red lights in our area. Could Suisun City 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 red lights that don't change when there are no cars coming. Poor timing set at the intersections."

-"Too many! But people are stupid so probably just enough."

-"I hate the new timing on the lights turning onto Marina Blvd. The turning lanes used to turn at the same time, now they don't and it seems like I sit at the light so much longer than before."

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