Does Elkridge Have Too Many Red Lights?

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

- "Still waiting for a light at the intersection of Route 103 and Wesley Lane/Old Stockbridge. It is very dangerous and there have been multiple accidents. We were told a light was coming, but that was at least a year and a half ago (if not longer)."

- "If they'd stop building on every speck of land we wouldn't need more."

- "If the did better mva testing, we wouldn't need more."

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