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There oughta be a law!
Barmymoo:
How does it contribute to security to light everything up? Surely it would be more noticable that someone has broken in if the lights come on in the middle of the night?
Welu:
Partner shop break-ins tell me thieves don't usually turn on the lights, assuming the building doesn't have security/motion lights. In my shop we leave on two sets of lights, one over the till and the aisle furthest away because our cameras don't have night vision. The rest of the shop is lit up enough and there's enough cameras that if someone did get in, they'd be visible.
Carl-E:
More to safety -- we live across the corner from a bar, and there's no streetlight on that corner. Our back yard is open to the street on that side, and people park there all the time. It's partly for us, one of the lights is trained on the stairs cut into the retaining wall, but also partly a courtesy, and it prevents a lot of accidents, some fights, and probably not a few attacks in the dark.
The other reason is that the grill walked away one night, even though it was locked to the brick porch rail. Sneaking up to a house is much harder to do in a brightly lit yard.
For security in the house we have a very friendly dog with a deep, loud voice that barks at everything and everyone. She's a sweetheart, but sounds vicious if you don't know her.
Barmymoo:
My point is that if the lights in a commercial building are on motion sensors, and possibly darkness sensors as well, then if they come on in the middle of the night it's a very clear signal that someone has broken in. I'm not saying that outside lights shouldn't be on - domestic lighting is different, for a start there's far less of it and far less waste.
What prompted this particular thought train was that someone in my college left their room light on during the whole vacation. Which began on November 30th and ends on January 15th. Ugh.
jwhouk:
Well, other than her share of the electric bill...
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