Where Should Hopatcong Install a Red Light?

If you’re frustrated with the certain parts of the red light situation in Hopatcong-Sparta, 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 Hopatcong-Sparta best and where an stop light or two might be added. We asked you on Facebook how you felt about the red lights in our area. Could Hopatcong-Sparta use more red lights? Are there too many? What intersections need a stop light, or can get rid of one?

Here’s where readers on social media said they would like a stop light or stop sign placed:

• "I think they need a light at Sparta Stanhope Road."

• "Brooklyn Mountain Road in Hopatcong."

• "The intersection with Durban should at least be a 4-way stop sign."

• "Durban and Brooklyn Mountain Road!"

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