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Old 04-05-2010, 08:28 PM
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mithrandir (Andrew)
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Originally Posted by mental4astro View Post
Bloody stupid idea! I make no appology for my language!

I was almost killed being driven in a street with street lights switched off, along with my dad, sister, uncle and two other cousins. My uncle didn't see a parked lorry because the car coming in the opposite direction had their high beams on. My uncle flashed his beams, and BLOODY HELL! Just managed to swerve and avoid the truck.
I haven't checked the road rules lately, but a truck stopped on any part of the road after dark used to be required to display parking and clearance lights.

If the councils and RTA had even the slightest consideration for light pollution they would be cheaper to run and make better use of the light.

Do four street lights really need to illuminate my back yard, after passing across neighbouring properties and through my boundary trees, from about 80 metres away?