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[Sir Tigger KC]

The council have recently started switching off the street lights here at 1.00am in an effort to save money I assume.    I've got used to it now but I admit that it was a little unsettling at first.    Although on a clear night the stars are much more visable! 

Anyone else have this on their street? 

[Kevin Wood]

Don't have any street lights in the first place.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Replaced ours from the soft orange glow to bright, harsh white ones. This is in a bid to reduce the crime rate, apparently. Lots of large, definite black shadows to hide in, as opposed to everything being bathed in a soft warm orange glow. And it cost a fortune, no doubt. Am I an old man, yet? 

[Delroy47]

Council replaced ours with LED ones at least they light up my car park now 

[Crazycarzowner]

They're doing it a lot around here, I went to a RTC a while ago a pretty serious one too. It happened about 23:30 hours, we rock up to see carnage everywhere. I just start to deal with it when all of a sudden guess what mid-night................... All the street lights go out!!!  Now not only panic for the people involved in it, we can't see what we're doing or how to get the trapped persons out! A call to the council and 90 mins later some jobsworth turns up, oh I don't know about turning them on, it'll need an electrician 

Sure people don't think things through.....& don't get me started on so called 'Smart Motorways'

[Varche]

From an asthetic point, I like the white street lights. The yellow ones are hideous.

[BazaJT]

Still orange and on all night on our street.Although I did see something on telly other morning that apparently New York are dimming theirs to be kind to the birds[feathered kind before anyone thinks different!]

[Steve B]

Council replaced ours with Candles 

[kevinp58]

Yup here too after wasting spending a shed load of money changing them to the low energy LED lamps 

[kevinp58]

They're doing it a lot around here, I went to a RTC a while ago a pretty serious one too. It happened about 23:30 hours, we rock up to see carnage everywhere. I just start to deal with it when all of a sudden guess what mid-night................... All the street lights go out!!!  Now not only panic for the people involved in it, we can't see what we're doing or how to get the trapped persons out! A call to the council and 90 mins later some jobsworth turns up, oh I don't know about turning them on, it'll need an electrician 

Sure people don't think things through.....& don't get me started on so called 'Smart Motorways'

Whats one of those then. 

[The Sheriff]

We can't afford a council. We just have a man that 'does'.

[Sir Tigger KC]

They ripped all ours out a couple of years ago and replaced them in different places with the white lights. 

It must have cost millions as they did the whole town and the thing is they don't light the place up as well as the old ones did!   

When they're on that is.....   

[chrisgixer]

Been going on for years in other parts of the country. How come the carrot boys are working via satellite ? Keep up at the back.

[Crazycarzowner]

They're doing it a lot around here, I went to a RTC a while ago a pretty serious one too. It happened about 23:30 hours, we rock up to see carnage everywhere. I just start to deal with it when all of a sudden guess what mid-night................... All the street lights go out!!!  Now not only panic for the people involved in it, we can't see what we're doing or how to get the trapped persons out! A call to the council and 90 mins later some jobsworth turns up, oh I don't know about turning them on, it'll need an electrician 

Sure people don't think things through.....& don't get me started on so called 'Smart Motorways'

Whats one of those then. 

Oh they are coming to a motorway near you soon enough 

They put new gantrys up with new LED powered signals that vary the speed limit when traffic is heavy i.e, reducing it to 50mph (AND having speed cameras to enforce said limit on the new gantry). They can also open the hard shoulder to 'ease congestion'  Only they ain't thought about what happens if there's an almighty smash whilst 3 lanes & hard shoulder are in use!!! How are we supposed to get to it when the emergency lane is being used as a running lane???

Oh and as a bonus ! when traffic is light and there is no use for any of the gadgetery, the cameras are set at 70mph and will get you if you go above!!! 

[Bigron]

An interesting dual standard here; they spend no end of money on Gatsos, Specs, Average Speed recorders and police man-hours on speed monitoring equipment (or "traps" as some know them) in the interests of "safety", and yet cannot afford to fund something as basic to safety as being able to see where you are going!

Ron.