Advantages
Major advantages of street lighting includes: prevention of accidents and increase in safety. Studies have shown that darkness results in a large number of crashes and fatalities, especially those involving pedestrians; pedestrian fatalities are 3 to 6.75 times more likely in the dark than in daylight. Street lighting has been found to reduce pedestrian crashes by approximately 50%.
Furthermore, lighted intersections and highway interchanges tend to have fewer crashes than unlighted intersections and interchanges.
Towns, cities, and villages use the unique locations provided by light poles to hang decorative or commemorative banners.
Many communities in the U.S. use light poles as a tool for fund raising via light pole banner sponsorship programs first designed by a U.S. based light pole banner manufacturer.
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