There are lots of safety arguments for street lighting.
For one, as a city dweller, I would be absolutely terrified walking around at night, having to rely on a flashlight to see anything. Not just a "scared of the dark" thing, but good outdoor lighting discourages things like robberies and assaults. And sure, cars could just use their headlights, but still, visibility in populated areas would be very bad, and safety for pedestrians at night would be awful.
I've not seen a streetlight anywhere that wasn't collimated downward. Traditional neons are amber.
So we had it right well over half century ago as far as street lighting went.
My only gripe with amber lights is that they make me sleepy easily.
Feature not a bug
Simply existing in a city should not compel you or other creatures to stay awake
If a person wants to stay awake at night then they can take that upon themselves
Why can the user only accept, but not reject the cookies? I personally do not care, I block them in the browser.
Why is the "e" in "responsible" on a new line?
why are you asking dang these questions?
(probably just a mistake. I moved the parent to the toplevel now.)
Oops, thanks.
> Too much light ... makes us less safe by creating harsh shadows and giving criminals a place to hide.
LMAO
i like the concept but i don't like the stock images
How much crap to go through before finding out what it is? This is like one of those recipe sites
From the article:
> See 6 important reasons for using it, or skip to What is Dark-Sky Lighting?
Thanks! We've changed the URL above to jump to that section (submitted URL was https://www.savingourstars.org/darkskylighting ).
Also from the article "2 minute read". And I thought that those news about atrophy of attention span are exaggerated.
To be fair, I saw that, I saw the “skip” link, and thought “that’s ok, I’ll just scroll down” on my phone.
It took SO many scrolls to get to the point. So the frustration is justified.
The safety argument for street lighting makes me sad. I'd prefer if people just used their phone torches at night.
I used to cycle home in pitch black, watching the stars. Never had any incidents, others would notice me or I them before anything happened
There are lots of safety arguments for street lighting.
For one, as a city dweller, I would be absolutely terrified walking around at night, having to rely on a flashlight to see anything. Not just a "scared of the dark" thing, but good outdoor lighting discourages things like robberies and assaults. And sure, cars could just use their headlights, but still, visibility in populated areas would be very bad, and safety for pedestrians at night would be awful.