Does Toms River Have Too Many Red Lights?

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

• There are some intersections that still need lights to control traffic but my biggest complaints are the lights that are currently located at 571 and Old Freehold Road and the one at North Bay and Church.

• Too many lights, way too many, but then I am biased. I remember Toms River as a small town.

• I think it is just right the way it is.

• Just enough. Not enough people who obey them.

• Not enough.

• Too many.

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