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City Lights turning off as i drive by

  • 24-11-2008 08:21AM
    #1
    samhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone else ever had the street lights turn off as they are driving by.

    I think its pretty cool alright... but i think its happening way too often to me !
    Again ! this morning driving on the M50 there was about 2 stretches of road that the overhead lights turned off when i was driving by them.

    Should i get a warm fuzzy feeling ? or be freaked out !


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  • #2
    samhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    ah man ! just as i hit enter with that post all the lights outside the window from work go off !!!!!
    *shifty eyes*


  • #3
    Matt Holck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,706 ✭✭✭Matt Holck


    maybe you could see they were off till yo got close to them


  • #4
    zoos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭zoos


    OH my god that happens to me all the time. It scares me so much. Just as I look at them they go off or as I walk by them. Freaky stuff!


  • #5
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    samhail wrote: »
    Has anyone else ever had the street lights turn off as they are driving by.

    I think its pretty cool alright... but i think its happening way too often to me !
    Again ! this morning driving on the M50 there was about 2 stretches of road that the overhead lights turned off when i was driving by them.

    Should i get a warm fuzzy feeling ? or be freaked out !

    SLI (Street lamp interference) ....... http://paranormal.about.com/od/telekinesispsychokinesis/a/aa052508.htm


  • #6
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    I used to work in a job that involved industrial strength magnets and I'm pretty sure they magnetised the plate in my leg. I couldn't go into knife shops for fear of my life.


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  • #7
    nedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭nedd


    i noticed this happening to me some years ago. i mentioned it to my GF and she said i was mad. then over the next couple of weeks she noticed it happening. its got to the point now where we just assume lights will go off and when they do we just give each other a look.

    i'm sure that the lights that do go off when i walk by have been blinking for ages and its just coincidence that it happened when i wallk by. but still....


  • #8
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    3 posts up. Read it.


  • #9
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Happened me one morning on the way to the bus stop.
    I just grabbed my crotch and it stopped.


  • #10
    Gauge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Gauge


    Very common phenomenon, coupled with some confirmation bias.

    Some interesting reads here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light_interference
    http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_047.html
    http://www.randi.org/jr/082704gluton.html#9


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