What's up with these street lights that turns off when you walk near it?

[240meowth]

I just want to see if it's my city that's smoking crack or what. But do anyone have this problem? Sometimes you walk near a street light, and it just goes off? as if it had a motion sensor to turn it off... nonsense!

[DJPimpFlex]

yea I thought it was just me. wierd

[pRaHjeC]

doesn't happen here...

[s13driver]

does it turn back on when you walk away ?

[sykikchimp]

does it turn back on when you walk away ?


hahaha... that would be fucked up..

[cali240sxdrifter]

happens to me too, but when I drive from school back to my house.

[IAM_SO_sLOw]

does it turn back on when you walk away ?
that would b pretty fukd up hahaha funny shiet

[Phlip]

Are you guys black? Maybe there is a camera attached to the light and your city is hoping beyond hope that somene is waiting for it tobe dark enough to jump out and fuck you up

[Andrew Bohan]

the light at my parents house would randomly turn off sometimes when i went outside at night, then slowly turn back on. pretty annoying when you're using it to work on your car at night.

sometimes i see light turn off when i'm driving towards them, like my headlights make them think it's daytime.

[DocTaDrifT]

haha this has never happend to me

[bchumley]

it's happened to me several times. it really plays with your head.

[s13DrOop]

hahah! i thought i was the only one! someone doesn't like us zilvians!!

[Yoshi]

I can't believe some of you guys haven't seen these.
We have a name for htem here, "Rape Lights", for obvious reasons. I live in town with 2 state colleges within 8 miles of eachother... students have been trying to get them replaced for years... as a safety issue, I don't see why we should have ANY of these things around.

[Twinkie]

street lights around my neighborhood electricutes you if you come near...a dog died last week for peeing there.

theres also a street light that sells cd's...i duno if you guys are familiar with that.

[240meowth]

any clue how these street lights work? Motion sensors that's wired up scrwed up, or just light sensors or what? It's baffling me.

[Sil Beer S13]

hmmm lights usually dim when i get near BECAUSE IM SO POWERFUL!!!!

No not really but the on/off light issue happens to me as well.

[Inland180]

Samethings happens here in Riverside area!!

[S14DB]

It happens when the photosensors(turn it on/off w/sunlight) go bad. The sensors are expensive and the Public Works is too cheap to replace them.

[PARAD0X]

quite the often occurance in FLA. i didn't notice it so much when i lived in GA

[G_Fish240]

So you guys are sliders too, we arent alone!

http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa012400a.htm

[ALTRNTV]

LOL. I thought I was the only one. Happens more times when I'm driving near one, then it suddenly turns off.

[240meowth]

It happens when the photosensors(turn it on/off w/sunlight) go bad. The sensors are expensive and the Public Works is too cheap to replace them.

but how do u explain it when it happens when u walk near one? Besides, i thought there was a main switch for all the lights?