Does Milford Have Too Many Red Lights?

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

• "Too many red lights, not enough stop signs

• "Depot and Central are the worst. No one let's you go if you're on the Depot side. We need lights or a 4-way stop sign"

• "Dila and 85. I commute at 4:00 am and that light is forever red. They should be on a sensor so we don't sit at a red light for so long that everyone goes through it after 10 minutes."

• "If you had blinking red lights running on Main Street, there'd never be traffic."

• "Not enough cross walks! Between walnut and purchase there are ZERO! It's either Purchase/Dilla or Walnut/Purchase."

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