Tougher penalties and more cameras at intersections should be introduced to stop drivers from running red lights, according to a Democratic Party telephone survey.
Nearly 50 per cent of the 857 survey respondents said the current three-demerit-point penalty was too light.
Fifty-two per cent believed the penalty for running red lights should be raised to five or six points, while 33.7 per cent wanted it raised to seven or eight points.
While 9.1 per cent thought drivers behaved badly, just over 51 per cent thought they were normal, 19.3 per cent thought they were good and 5.1 per cent thought they were excellent.
Cross-tabulation showed that there was little difference in attitude between drivers and non-drivers. Just over 40 per cent of respondents held a licence.
The survey organisers said there were 111 intersections where running of red lights was a common occurrence.