Does Owings Mills Have Too Many Red Lights?

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

- "I suppose if you're in a rush there are too many. If one doesn't care how many lights they have to wait for, it doesn't matter. I'm in the latter group. I like to get places safely."

- "Some places they don't need and other places they do, like they need a few on Lakeside on the side where New Towne is. Trying to cross over from apts to the road is suicide."

- "The intersection on Lakeside by the Sunoco and ArtfuI Gourmet needs a stoplight!"

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