I live in a small town and quite frequently when I walk or drive by street lights or even the lights outside of the bank or post office they kind of turn off, not competely but get really dim. It's not a total black out, just one and it's not always the same one. This doesn't happen all the time so is this a coincidence? Are these lights programmed to do this for energy reasons? I've asked other people who live here and none seem to notice.
2006-09-29 17:35:37 · 13 answers · asked by E_Soup 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The same thing has happened to my sister and I our whole lives - or for at least as long as we both can remember. Apparently there's a theory on this calling those that experience it SLIders. SLI = Street Light Interference. There was actually a scientific study on this in England somewhere.
2006-09-29 17:38:36 · answer #1 · answered by freyas_kin28 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had that happen to me a few times, it's a little unnerving but it's just coincidence. These usually occur if the lights are really close to the houses so it gets turned off periodically so that the light doesn't bother the occupants. Truthfully, I find the flicking on and off more distracting than having the light stay on all the time.
2006-09-29 19:42:22 · answer #2 · answered by longtime_northern_gal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes street lights do go out they are set for when they got hot or will over heat to shut off cool down and then go on again. I have one in front of my house that does this all the time they are usually older ones that have not been updated yet.
2006-09-29 17:39:25 · answer #3 · answered by njredgrl32 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
man good question, i thought it only happen to me ?i would drive up the road and every time i did it the same dam street lights wold do it i thought i was implanted with a chip or something very weird indeed funny you should ask that..!
2006-09-29 17:43:26 · answer #4 · answered by SmoothCharacter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in a small town too, but my town turns them off at 3am.
2006-09-29 17:37:57 · answer #5 · answered by Christina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. i like to fantasize that my angels are playing with them. but in reality, those are sodium vapor light bulbs which as time goes by they start to get weak and start to flicker , just like florescent bulbs do
2006-09-29 17:42:42 · answer #6 · answered by oldguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, isn't that just the freakiest thing? oooooooo, especially if it happens to you twice in the same trip (work to home, etc)
2006-09-29 17:39:09 · answer #7 · answered by swrong 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some lights do it really deoends if there motion or not and if they are dem than its to save energy and money
2006-09-29 17:38:28 · answer #8 · answered by A dime piece 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has happened to me in different neighborhoods. I can't explain it.
2006-09-29 17:45:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i drive home at midnight there's one the same one every night.
2006-09-29 17:37:33 · answer #10 · answered by Jezabel the annoyed cat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋