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I have a family member in Sedona, AZ. There are no street lights there except for a single state highway, and private always-on outdoor lighting is legally rest
by Zak 4y ago
I have a family member in Sedona, AZ. There are no street lights there except for a single state highway, and private always-on outdoor lighting is legally restricted to being low, dim, and shaded.
It's pleasant, and I find driving at night there easier because headlights provide more contrast when not everything is illuminated.
- vkou 4y agoWhereas I find nothing pleasant about my night-time drives through the suburbs of Bellevue. I spend the entire drive paranoid that someone's going to cross the street, and that I won't even see them until they are right in front of me. Rain, darkness, tree cover, incredibly bright oncoming headlights, poor street lighting, and enough-of-a-walking-culture-that-people-might-be-walking-at-night is a great combination.
- LeifCarrotson 4y agoSo slow down until you can safely stop when an obstruction appears at the limits of your low beams. The speed limit is a maximum speed allowed for driving in clear weather in the daytime, not a minimum for driving in rain in the dark.
- a1pulley 4y agoI came here to say the same as the sibling comment. Why not slow down? That is what happens in my city: residents drive slowly because they don't want to hit a neighbor.
- vkou 4y agoWhen I slow down driving through trickier areas in Seattle in that situation, most other drivers understand why I'm doing that. I do that in the suburbs, and everyone loses their shit.
- stephencanon 4y agoThat’s a them problem, though, not yours to worry about.
- wcarron 4y agoI'm just up the road in Flagstaff and the dark skies are absolutely one of my favorite parts of living here. Darkness is an underrated addition to quality of life.