On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 23:43:24 +0000, Steve Walker wrote:

People who do not wear reflective items when crossing roads in odd

places,

Yep, most pedestrians do wear dark clothing. Impossible to see at
night with no street lights. Don't carry a torch or have any retro
reflective clothing trim or arm bands or something.

the new street lights which apparently though giving more light do
not
actually show contrasts very well according to some people I meet.

Also, being white, they often make it look like there is a car coming to
the end of a sideroad, just as you are turning in.

Not just street lights, a lot of exterior lighting has moved to LED
and all close to the same colour. Is that the headlights of a car
through the trees or a light on a building? And the design of most
LED exterior lights means that even if you wish to mount and aim them
so light doesn't spill you can't as the "beam" of light is not much
less than 180 degrees.

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Cheers
Dave.