Good idea or just "Batty"?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....ment-say-experts.html

Who appoints these so called experts of the Royal Commission of Environmental Pollution.

Turning off motorway lights, because light pollution stops us enjoying the beauty of the night sky and could be disrupting the delicate life cycles of birds, bats and other wildlife.

Making the streets darker, because too much light creates dark and shady areas which allow criminals to hide.

You just couldn't make it up.

[Sqad]

AOG

If it comes to my safety on the motorway against the breeding habits of the blue breasted tit..........then the blue breasted tit loses.

[123everton]

Not all motorways are lit, so what's the problem?

[sara3]

I'm all for mood lighting on the roads. maybe it would calm drivers down to be bathed in a ... lilac glow, lol!

anotheroldgit, I have my bullet-proof vest on, so go for it :o)

[Sqad]

Bottom line here would seem to be: What is the evidence to suggest that lighting at night on motorways is related to the incidence of accidents?

[Gromit]

The stretch of motorway I use every night is unlit. Fortunately my car has lights, and catseyes were a wonderful invention. It is perfectly safe.

There is a case for older drivers to take a 5 yearly eye test, especiay ones who need glasses. Many have very poor eyesight, but still drive. They should have their licence revoked.

[anotheoldgit]

Sqad

I think it is the lack of lighting on the motorways, that could be a contributory factor regarding accidents.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

Perhaps it is due to the fact that you use that unlit stretch of the motorway every night. that you experience no problems, that's not saying that a driver who has never been down that stretch before would perhaps not experience problems.

/// There is a case for older drivers to take a 5 yearly eye test, especiay (especially) ones who need glasses. Many have very poor eyesight, but still drive. They should have their licence revoked. ///

That is one of the most ageist statements I have read. Do younger drivers not also wear glasses, since they also have very bad eyesight ?

Perhaps we should consider that all drivers take a periodic eye test., with a possibility of having their licences revoked?

Incidentally all wearers of glasses do have their eye sight tested regularly, and their optometrist.would soon find out if their eyesight was so bad that it was unsafe to continue driving.

More than can be said for non spectacle wearers

[anotheoldgit]

Theusualsuspect

Read the link, there are two different issues here.

[anotheoldgit]

sara3
/// anotheroldgit, I have my bullet-proof vest on, so go for it :o)///

No need to wear a bullet-proof vest sara, I don't need bullets to shoot them down in flames. :0)

[anotheoldgit]

Sqad

There's enough Tapas on here Sqad, so we won't miss a few, blue breasted or otherwise.:0)

[Gromit]

I totally agree that all drivers should take a regular health test to make sure they are fit to to drive.

My statement about older drivers was not ageist. Eyesight is one of the things that deteriate with old age. I personally know several older drivers who should not drive but do.

[anotheoldgit]

Tapas????? what a strange substitute word by the AB censor, for a small bird (tit)

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

Since you specifically singled out older drivers, your statement on this occasion was in fact ageist.

[rov1200]

We never seem to make use of the technology that we often create in Britain. For instance as we are talking about the small hours of the night where there is less use on the motorways why not install strips in the road which turn on the lights for a brief period whilst the car is proceeding?

[anotheoldgit]

/// Eyesight is one of the things that deteriate with old age. I personally know several older drivers who should not drive but do.///

Substitute thus:

Speeding is one of the things that is associated with the young. I personally know several young drivers who should not drive but do.

I have altered your statement around Gromit, would this be acceptable to you, or would you accuse me of generalising the young?

[naomi24]

I would say that except for short stretches, most motorways are unlit, as are many A roads. If anyone needs to be familiar with a major road in order to drive on it safely, then they, and the drivers around them, have a problem. I mean, come on ........ motorways are hardly narrow winding country lanes.

mmmmm ..... although I quite like sara's idea .... lilac sounds lovely. :o)

[Kromovaracun]

"Since you specifically singled out older drivers, your statement on this occasion was in fact ageist. "

Does that mean you're a racist for a plurality of your posts focusing on ethnic minorities?