Ever try talking to the person rather than complaining on a blog site. I have. He said they prioritize the main corridors causing a wait at a side street which is made up for by smoother traffic flow and less waits along the main street. He also said the absolute maximum wait was around a minute and a half. I bet if the streets instantly turned green for you and then you got caught at all the streets along Mentor Avenue you'd be on here complaining too. If you don't like the traffic here in Mentor, try driving in Chicago, Philadelphia or New York some time.

Left on Red works for me.

Make sure you stop over the traffic loop so the light will change. Don't know what a traffic loop is? Time to retake driving school. Although, they may not teach that to new drivers either.