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Ideally we'd only light the sections where people are at the time but lacking that the crime lowering effects are worth it.
by rtkwe 8y ago
Ideally we'd only light the sections where people are at the time but lacking that the crime lowering effects are worth it.
- mymythisisthis 8y agoA city spending energy on lighting should have nothing to do with crime. It should only be considered when dealing with car driving safety. Want to reduce crime drastically in a city, legalize all drugs.
- rtkwe 8y agoStreet lights aren't just for cars they light the area around for pedestrians too. The only place that's true is highways and even there street lights increase visibility drastically compared to headlights.
- m-p-3 8y agoUnfortunately that's not how the real life works. Having lights is still a theft deterrent in some areas.
- icebraining 8y agoI think the evidence for streetlights deterring crime is not clear. That said, I think it is clear that people feel safer with lights, and removing that stress seems worthwhile. Although I do hope we keep pushing for lights that produce less light pollution; it has become unbearably hard to see a proper night sky.
- vinay427 8y agoI would hate this as a city dweller. Not being able to see what's 100m ahead of me, akin to driving on remote highways (with car lighting only illuminating their immediate surroundings), sounds depressing. In very dense areas, there's usually always some light from a nearby business that's on, but in other parts of cities streetlights throughout are very beneficial. For example, a lot of them help light up signs to assist pedestrians with navigation. Others indicate the existence of smaller side streets that wouldn't be visible until a pedestrian reached them. Yet others help to identify tram or bus lines, which can very useful for pedestrians.