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Originally Posted by apaulo
There is some evidence out there given to me by mate from Vicpol stating that crime rate actually drop without street lighting go figure?
Paul
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There is a town near an observatory in the US that began turning their lights off, to aid said observatory, and they had, apparently, an 80% drop in crime rate. Makes sense, thieves can't see where they are going and no one really wants to hang around in the dark. But, it isn't as simple as just turning lights off, because of law suits if someone gets hurt as a result. My suggestion, change the law and make people more responsible for their own actions. I lived in a dark area when growing up and I survived.