THE overwhelming majority of voters in a Redland City Bulletin poll say traffic lights are needed at the intersection of Mount Cotton and Double Jump roads.
A total of 345 people voted in the poll - which was published last week - with 276 of those voting in favour of lights and just 69 against.
It comes after a petition was launched two weeks ago calling on the state government to install lights as a matter of urgency.
The petition, which warns of near hits taking place at the intersection every day, has been signed more than 1000 times in the two weeks since it was published.
Principal petitioner Peter Johnston said he was surprised by the amount of public interest and hoped getting 2000 signatures would put the heat on government to make a change.
"Friends have posted it (the petition) on Facebook and they have said there has been a lot of comments, a lot of them favourable," he said.
"The reality is, someone is going to get hurt there. It is an 80km/h road, but let's face it, most people are doing 90km/h.
"The visibility is okay but its not brilliant ... so you have to time things perfectly."
Hundreds of comments were posted on the Redland City Bulletin Facebook page in response to a story about Mr Johnston's petition.
Contrary to poll results, many people argued lights were not needed despite a slew of recent crashes at the intersection.
Jeanette Allan wrote that drivers who pulled out in front of traffic were the issue, not the road.
Simon Connor shared a similar view, saying hundreds of people needed to have their licences revoked.
"(The) majority of people driving cars are incompetent, careless, arrogant and think that they have a steel body protecting them ... ," he said.
Steve Levenson said crashes had nothing to do with the intersection, but suggested a speed limit change to 60km/h could be beneficial.
"People run out of patients [sic] waiting to get out and take risks ...," he said
Beau McKenzie said people should hand their licence over if they could not handle the intersection.
But Mr Johnston hoped lights would be installed in the not too distant future.
"I don't understand they weren't put in with the last upgrade," he said.
"I was sure they were going in and when I realised they weren't, I was just so disappointed.
"The cost to do them then would have been ten times cheaper than they are now."
Springwood MP Mick de Brenni said the Transport and Main Roads Department would install new signs to give motorists better warning on approach to the intersection.
He said planning was being done to determine best options for an upgrade at Double Jump Road.
"I want to acknowledge the locals who have raised this with me and assure them the planning will take into consideration both crash data and community feedback," he said.
The original Redland City Bulletin poll can be found here.
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