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Most people aren't trying to get to sleep while driving. For the rest, there are curtains.
by Angostura 8y ago
Most people aren't trying to get to sleep while driving. For the rest, there are curtains.
- Jill_the_Pill 8y agoAnd for the animals?
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- dymk 8y agoWhat animals in the heart of the city? Rats and pigeons?
- Jill_the_Pill 8y agoLED lights are now common in suburbs as they sprawl into habitats. Migrating birds get confused as they fly over cities. Coastal cities and towns mess with aquatic animals.
- stfp 8y agoCity streets aren't highways. The white/blue lights are harsh on eyes, make things look bleak, and are actually not better for visibility.
- Zak 8y agoIt's generally my experience that street lighting is not very helpful while driving. It often reduces the contrast ratio between an object illuminated by my headlights and the background as well as the light fixtures themselves being a source of glare.
- Angostura 8y agoSo the obvious answer is to remove all street lighting on major roads.
- Zak 8y agoI'm not sure if that's serious, sarcasm, or reducto ad absurdum. Regardless, I've actually looked in to published research on the matter in the past. I don't have links to studies handy, but here's what I remember finding: Street lighting does not reduce car-car collisions, and in most conditions, does not reduce collisions at all. The major exceptions were pedestrian crossings without traffic lights, and when illuminating curves or obstacles. I don't recall finding a comparison between overhead street lighting and reflectors or marker lights for curves and obstacles, but it seems to me those might provide the same benefit with less glare, energy consumption, and light pollution.
- datenwolf 8y ago> For the rest, there are curtains. I want to be woken up by the light of the rising sun. Curtains that keep up street lighting also keep out the sun. IMHO there's far too much street illumination anyway.