In message l.net,
Dave Liquorice writes
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.

The elevated stretch of our by-pass *flicks* with light as vehicles with
those sideways beams pass gaps in the hedges.

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.

I was annoyed when our B road street lamps were fitted with LED
replacement lamps. Much too bright in my view and not directional (I
understood that the previous sodium fittings had a lens which directed
most of the light in the direction of travel).
Coming home after 11pm yesterday, I was amused to note they are now as
dim as tired tungsten:-)


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Tim Lamb