Does Teaneck Have Too Many Red Lights?

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

• “Not enough!”
  
• “What it needs it more BUMPS around schools so cars slow down.”
• “Speed bumps on Cedar Ln. from Larch to Elm. Very dangerous for pedestrians crossing, even in the crosswalk. Speed bumps might work. ”
• “Enough. People need to stop dressing in all black, jaywalking and walking in front of moving cars with the assumption they’ll stop at full speed. That’s dangerous. Even the most conscientious drivers are a nervous wreck. Around FDU, the students are running across the street in the dark.”
• “Teaneck needs more continuous sidewalks, and make them level so that people resist the desire to jaywalk. Cedar Ln. in between Palisades and Queen Anne Rd. is all trees. Lots of pedestrians jaywalking or walking in the street.”
• “Too many!”

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