Streetlight replacement

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Tue 10 Nov, 2009 9:26 pm

Glenny3363 wrote: The new lights are fine, until they replace the much shorter one that was on the opposite side of the road, with a million candle power new one right outside your house at bedroom window height!!!! gonna have to get some black-out curtains!!!can you still get them??? Hi Glenny 3363 I have one outside my house it was like yours on the other side of the street.It lights my car up a treat also the front of the house we have no problem with the bedroom window but then we have blinds and curtains.My thoughts are it might keep the scum away saves me buying a shot gun.He He.

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Tue 10 Nov, 2009 10:24 pm

Unfortunately the scrotes can see everything in your car now.Everything in your gardenAnd if you are out and don't shut the blinds-everything in your house

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Wed 11 Nov, 2009 8:38 pm

Leeds-lad wrote: Unfortunately the scrotes can see everything in your car now.Everything in your gardenAnd if you are out and don't shut the blinds-everything in your house Hi Leeds lad im from the old school of thought the police are a waste of time if i caught someone in my house god help them.Ihave never been in trouble with the police but what is mine is mine.I have worked for fifty years of my life for the things i own, use reasonable force what does that mean. Does it mean wait untill you have a knife blade in your ribs not in my book i think you have just hit a nerve.He. He.

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Wed 11 Nov, 2009 8:51 pm

sundowner wrote: Leeds-lad wrote: Unfortunately the scrotes can see everything in your car now.Everything in your gardenAnd if you are out and don't shut the blinds-everything in your house Hi Leeds lad im from the old school of thought the police are a waste of time if i caught someone in my house god help them.Ihave never been in trouble with the police but what is mine is mine.I have worked for fifty years of my life for the things i own, use reasonable force what does that mean. Does it mean wait untill you have a knife blade in your ribs not in my book i think you have just hit a nerve.He. He. I understand what your saying sundownerI personally don't think the police are a waste of time thats down to there being no deterrant.We need more prisons NOW not soonNot cosy places either.We need 1 new law You interfere with my Human Rights. You lose yours.

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Wed 11 Nov, 2009 9:42 pm

Leeds-lad wrote: sundowner wrote: Leeds-lad wrote: Unfortunately the scrotes can see everything in your car now.Everything in your gardenAnd if you are out and don't shut the blinds-everything in your house Hi Leeds lad im from the old school of thought the police are a waste of time if i caught someone in my house god help them.Ihave never been in trouble with the police but what is mine is mine.I have worked for fifty years of my life for the things i own, use reasonable force what does that mean. Does it mean wait untill you have a knife blade in your ribs not in my book i think you have just hit a nerve.He. He. I understand what your saying sundownerI personally don't think the police are a waste of time thats down to there being no deterrant.We need more prisons NOW not soonNot cosy places either.We need 1 new law You interfere with my Human Rights. You lose yours. Hi Leeds Lad Back to the lights topic better lighting tends to be a deterrant the scrotes tend to be like rats they prefer the dark also if you have an alarm fitted they will tend to go elsewhere.I say if you play on the track you could be hit by the train if you know what i mean.

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Wed 11 Nov, 2009 10:07 pm

Good point sundownerThe problem I see is that the shadows have moved.Different houses/back yards/gardens/vehicles are now in darknesslets hope the scrotes dont just pick on others.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 26 Dec, 2009 8:08 pm

Having given it a month or so to get used to the new lights, I have to say that, on the whole, I preferred the old ones.There seem to be two heights to the lamp posts fitted within the estates - shorter ones on quieter streets, often on both sides of the street, with taller ones on busier roads but only along one side of the street.The light given by both is quite a harsh white light and is quite focussed on a specific area - good if the lights shines on that area, but it leaves a distinct and (apparently) darker shadow where it doesn't shine.The shorter lamp posts also seem to be at such a height that as you drive down the street across the focussed pools of light that it sets of a frequency / flash of light on your windscreen that can be distracting not to mention slightly distracting.The taller lamp posts don't seem to suffer from this anomoly, but are spaced that far apart (as well as only being on one side of the street) that once one of them goes off (as they surely will) that a considerable length of the street will be plunged into near total darkness until it is fixed. The specific aim of the lamps mean that little if any ambient light is spread about, unlike the older types.It's enough to make you feel nostalgic for the old sodium lights (a couple of which seem to have escaped the axe - maybe this could be a new thread in years to come?)

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sat 26 Dec, 2009 11:35 pm

[quotenick="raveydavey"]Having given it a month or so to get used to the new lights, I have to say that, on the whole, I preferred the old ones.I agree wholeheartedly - I much preferred the old orange ones which gave some sort of continuous light to the entire area. I've tried my best to "give the new ones a fair chance" but to no avail and I think they are downright dangerous. Its no use having floodlit lighting of intermittent stretches with virtually pitch black in between. Despite all the "hype" I suspect that the primary reason for these new lights is their economical power consumption, with "safety" a very poor second.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 08 Oct, 2011 8:11 pm

This popped up on the BBC site today - alot not to be said for PFI.....but most of us (unless you're a shareholder perhaps!) know that:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-15219798

Leeds-lad · Post by **Leeds-lad** » Sat 08 Oct, 2011 11:22 pm

chameleon wrote: This popped up on the BBC site today - alot not to be said for PFI.....but most of us (unless you're a shareholder perhaps!) know that:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-15219798 Glad you posted that chameleon.Southern Electric went back to the Council crying the poor tale a couple of years back.These PFI companies take over all the running costs to various servicesthe Councils then transfer employees to the companies,leaving themselves at the mercy of the new supplier.A few years later they have the council by the short and curlies leaving that council to fork out the extra cash. The same thing happened again in Leeds when Connaught went bust.