Street lights hurt my eyes

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Hi,

I wondered if I could ask whether anybody else has trouble with LED street lights hurting their eyes?

I understand that Balfour Beatty are doing a nationwide thing where they are installing new street light bulbs that are cheaper to run.

I always find LED light difficult, but I'm finding that the new street light bulb outside my house is particularly bad for my eyes.

I had a Balfour Beatty engineer come to visit and he said literally no one had ever contacted them about this before.

I just wondered if anybody else has this problem with street lights too?

Thanks!

I have a medical condition that makes my eyes very sensitive to light and I struggle with them. Unfortunately nothing I can do about it.

Thanks, that's good to know. Would it be okay to ask what it is? Maybe I have it too? I'm okay with all other light sources. It's just LEDs that bother me.

I have astigmatism and struggle a lot with night lights - esp led headlights and sometimes street lights. I’ve invested in yellow night glasses (like sunglasses but for night) which do help when I’m driving.
I absolutely hate the flashing LED that cyclists have. Drives me mad and I wonder how they are even allowed as they must be causing accidents for people like me.

Thanks, yes I'm the same. I have amber glasses for driving, which help a lot.

I also really dislike the flashing bike lights. It makes it hard to see anything else, which just makes things more dangerous for the cyclist who is wearing the light. I always try to overtake them.

I have my own bike lights covered with a filter that makes them less piercing, and I make sure they don't flash.

I turn the streetlight outside our house off, because it lights up the whole bedroom. We have blackout blinds and curtains, but I struggle to wake up in a fully darkened room and need a bit of daylight to get going.

Every now and again a van turns up and a man turns it back on again then I go out afterwards and turn it off. There are plenty of other lights along the street for the pedestrians in the winter.

@bryterskyhow are you switching them off?

What?! How?!!!

'There are plenty of other lights along the street for the pedestrians in the winter.' 😂

Surely this is the decision of the local council! You can't just go around switching street lights off and anyway .. as above, how?!

I’ve just figured out how….

”Alexa, turn off that fucking streetlight!!!”

😂

I would like to know too.