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This is very cool but would get stolen and chopped for copper in US cities. I'd seriously give this 15 minutes before being stolen in SF.
by tschwimmer 8y ago
This is very cool but would get stolen and chopped for copper in US cities. I'd seriously give this 15 minutes before being stolen in SF.
- ip26 8y agoThe yellow part & green box is carried by the driver, typically. The city's end of the deal is just a socket on a lamp post.
- jasoncartwright 8y agoThat picture is from where I live, Brixton in London - not exactly a low crime area. Cable is locked at both ends. I've never tried it, but strikes me you'd have to be particularly stupid to put a cutting implement through a live electricity line.
- olyjohn 8y agoPeople do it all the time... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=live+power+lines+cut+to+steal+copper https://duckduckgo.com/?q=live+power+lines+cut+to+steal+copp...