It didn’t take long (three days) for the first serious accident to occur at the new Corral Canyon traffic signal. My girlfriend witnessed the multiple car incident and helped a woman whose leg was obviously broken in numerous places when her motorcycle crashed into other cars that were braking for a light that had just turned red. Luckily, there was a doctor on the scene who was also involved and who was able to comfort her until an ambulance was able to get there.
The traffic signal has succeeded in creating more congestion on PCH and has failed in eliminating serious accidents. It is a dangerous, false illusion to think that a traffic signal will make a bad or drunk driver into a safe driver. Don’t be fooled. Don’t ever trust that a light will stop a driver from running a red light or that the driver in front won’t slam on the brakes as a driver behind him gasses it to get through the yellow.
The supporters of the new traffic light had good intentions. The intersection needed improvement but, as a resident of a small enclave up Corral, it seems selfish that a small group of drivers that utilize PCH should erect an impediment to the greater good of a free flowing highway. Accidents will continue to occur because stupid drivers will continue to get behind the wheel.
Malibu is one light closer to a Newport Beach impersonation!
Steve Woods