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> I thought we were talking about the country, where things are not built up. Where there are houses its a built up area. Even a hamlet. If its nota built up
by graemep 1y ago
> I thought we were talking about the country, where things are not built up.
Where there are houses its a built up area. Even a hamlet. If its nota built up area there are virtually no kids playing in "front yards". There will be the odd isolated house, of course, not to many.
> While the original article is about the UK, it seems very clear that the HN discussion is about car headlights everywhere
Nothing in the thread I replied to says that. Most people discussing other countries say so. I am discussing the UK which should be the default and nothing above me in the thread suggests otherwise.
> I don't know why you're continuing to insist on things we all know are not true.
So "we" know better than someone who actually lives at the edge of a small town in England and drives through the countryside all regularly.
- crazygringo 1y ago> If its nota built up area there are virtually no kids playing in "front yards". I guess the UK is different then. Here in the US, there are lots of houses in the country that are not part of any "built-up area", that have big front yards, and where there is no street lighting. So yes, "we" know better because we drive too. And this is a global conversation, not a UK one. You were the one trying to making claims about how there's virtually nothing meaningful to collide with on country roads, and we're saying that's just false.