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Street lights without motion sensors on side streets are a waste of electricity and a source of light pollution.
by downvotetruth 3y ago
Street lights without motion sensors on side streets are a waste of electricity and a source of light pollution.
- smolder 3y agoSome people actually argue it's good for safety and particularly reducing crime, but you won't catch me agreeing with this motivation. I'll bet there is some curb appeal/property value angle, too. People seem eager to abandon reason when it comes to their home equity.
- jstarfish 3y agoDarkness is camoflauge, and diminishes situational awareness of victims. It doesn't inherently stop crime, but you and potential witnesses will indisputably have an easier time taking a shitty photo/identifying an assailant after the fact given ambient lighting.
- Doxin 3y agoSo what better than motion-detector lights? It'll highlight any motion!
- smolder 3y agoYeah, I just feel there are better things to be done to address crime than ramping up light pollution. It gives me a similar feeling to those anti-homeless bench designs; an attack on the local symptom which avoids addressing the underlying issue.