Does Mendham Have Too Many Red Lights?

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

• "Need to do something about crosswalks, maybe light up ones like Washington Borough. Black Horse is bad at night."
• "Good grief. I remember when [there was] only one in center of town in Mendham."
• "What Chester needs is more law enforcement against those who run red lights and stop signs."

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