Does West Hartford Have Too Many Red Lights?

If you’re frustrated with the red light situation in West Hartford, 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 West Hartford best. We asked you on Facebook how you felt about the red lights in our area. Could West Hartford 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:

- "More than enough"

- "It's not that there are too many or too little....the timing of the lights in WHC and at the off ramp and lights on trout Brook and Park are horrendous..."

- "The light at the intersection of N. Main and Farmington is awful. Try turning left onto N Main from Farmington Ave (east bound). There needs to be an arrow at such a busy intersection."

- "I just think it would be nice if people stopped at the red lights, and the stop signs!"

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