Does Westminster Have Too Many Red Lights?

If you’re frustrated with the red light situation in Westminster, 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 Westminster best. We asked you on Facebook how you felt about the red lights in our area. Could Westminster use more red lights? Are there too many? What intersections need a stop light, or should get rid of one?

Here’s what readers said on social media:

- "You can't add anymore but they need to come up with a solution for pedestrian traffic. It's too far between lights and people cross at terrible spots and get killed."

- "They could use one at the intersection of Englar and Monroe Road/Westminster Shopping Center. Whenever I need to turn left out of that shopping center to exit, I feel like I'm rolling the dice."

- "Too many, 140 was a bypass, now need a bypass for the bypass."

- "140...too many or they need to be better timed."

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