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Had it been a power-cut or a mist (making the traffic lights similarly unusable), would people still blame the lights if someone crashes their car?

Free feel to poke holes in my theory or ask me questions about my specialness with street lights.

It also makes sense to line the pool edge with lights that can change color, so the bracelet distinctively lights up the grid square of the pool where the drowning is happening, alerting the lifeguard or a strong swimmer nearby.

Solar lights are many times more thermodynamically efficient, cheaper to make, smaller and much more robust (no moving parts!).

Maybe as the last lights of the west blink out forever, you will understand your ignorance.

On the other hand there usually are many lights in a scene with a total area that's much larger than the area of lens and most lights don't have a directional profile.

Coverage of the amber (middle) light isn't much of an issue as it's used in transition between the main lights.

Or make the tubes (more) open at the bottom and tilt the lights a little bit.

It's a very inefficient way of converting food to human energy to humans lifting weights that in turn power the lights.

Not to say that flashlights and solar lights aren’t useful, but if this is cheaper than a flashlight, maybe it’s useful anyway.

It’s incorrect (but still irrelevant!) to say that solar lights are more thermodynamically efficient.

Yep, that's how it's done with most traffic lights in central Europe, e.g.

"Nevermore will I bumble through endless confusing aisles like a pack-donkey searching for feed while the smell of rotting flesh fills my nostrils and fluorescent lights sear my eyeballs and sappy love songs torture my ears." Author needs to cheer the fuck up - his life sounds like a chore...