Dave Liquorice wrote:

Aye, I don't think Andy has experienced a cloudy, moonless night.
It's unnervingly dark and you certainly can't move around as you just
can't see *anything*.

I have, though I will admit, not for several years. The thing is most
people are accustomed to having streetlights and they ride/drive/walk
accordingly.

The stretch in particular I first noticed has a physically separated
cycleway, but bikes often avoid using it (either due to the hassle of
rejoining the main road a the end of it, or the amount of horse**** on
it due to it be used as if it were a bridleway) and we all know that
bikes don't need lights, so cars approaching at 40mph (or higher the
limit) and finding an unlit bike on a previously lit stretch of road,
doesn't seem like progress to me.

Especially when the council claim to be saving nearly £1 per council tax
payer per year from this, I'd happily pay more than that to keep them
on, but they didn't ask! I suspect insurance bills will go up more than
£1 ...

There's lots of residential on-street parking here, most don't bother
parking facing the "right" way because the streetlights are on at the
time they actually park, not thinking that they'll be parked illegally
once the lights go off.