Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyine else have a strange relationship with street lights as I do?
Im all for energy saving to help with climate change but im really struggling with these new bright white (LED?) lights.
A lot of the street lights round here are being retro-fitted with the new white light. I much prefer the warm tones of the old style orange or peach ones. Is it just that i like things just-so snd unchanged? The old orange ones rrmind me of being a child. To me, the white light is like the visual equivalent of the sound of a bad chord on an untuned piano. Does that make sense to anyone? It makes me feel uncomfortabke and a bit uneasy.
Since New year, there have been 4 neighbours who have had white security lights installed outside their homes.The house at the back has lights which shine into our back bedroom. Its not majorly bright but its the colour of the light i dont like. The lights they had before shone in a bit but were a warmer light and it didnt feel invasive.
When we lived in a second floor flat, some new car park lighrs were installed which shone directly into our living room. There was only me who seemed bothered by it (not partner or other neighbours) and i got the council to re-angle the light.
These white lights make me feel uncomfortable. In places like supermarket car parks where they are really bright, the birds are singing at 10pm at night because the lighrs mimic daylight. It fills me with despair. This is messing with our body clock as well as nature.
My partner said he has never heard anyone go on about lighting as much as me. Is it just me?!
I've just read in the local paper that the council are changing ALL the street lights in the borough to the LED ones. They make me feel really uncomfortable.
I can cope with some of these white lights because I have to, I just wish they weren't all going to be changed.
Would wearing tinted glasses help with the glare from the street lights?
Try night-time driving specs or clip-ons. But I would add that I'm not that wild about the sickly yellow tint they give everything.
Tints won't work - LEDs light output is only a very narrow frequency so a tint will only darken the light, there's no other frequencies to filter out.
I was thinking last night about tinted glasses. I suppose it'll be a few years yet before they're all done. Our council like many others have had to make massive cuts. Maybe they might change their minds although in thr long run LEDs are cheaper.
There are white lights on my street - one right outside our house. There are ones from the security lights of the houses nearby. It feels like it's coming light outside when they shine in. Natural light on the blue spectrum is strongest in the morning so it feels like it's time for getting up! We have blackout curtains in some rooms but I like natural light in the morning to wake me up. Well I suppose you can't have everything!
So I've got used to it just about at the front of the house. But if it's going to be across the borough it'll be awful!
The neighbours next door are on about getting permanent security lights, I've made my opinions known! (I think I have but I might not have come across strong enough).
I was in Scotland last week. It felt like the edge of the world. I couldn't sleep so I went outside. So many stars! The milky way!! BLISS.