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2005 Opel Zafira [B] Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2016-02-02 11:41 |
@rjluna2: the legendary Belgian motorway-illumination, visible even from the space  Can be the E34 (A21 in B) nearby Tournhout, as back in 2012 there were still these lanterns. About now I'm not sure, as IIRC this motorway was completely renovated recently. In that case the lanterns were dismantled without substitution. |
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◊ 2016-02-02 14:04 |
Was it illuminating golden orange or bright yellow? |
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◊ 2016-02-02 19:52 |
 both I think. @antp, @chicomarx, Exiv96  |
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◊ 2016-02-02 20:48 |
That could indicates Sodium vapor bulbs. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natriumdampflampe |
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◊ 2016-02-02 22:15 |
Yes, both. The old are usually orange and the newer whiter. It's also a more complex situation than anywhere which is the reason it has to be illuminated. |
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◊ 2016-02-02 22:20 |
Complex meaning dangerous. |
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◊ 2016-02-02 22:43 |
Sorry, I didn't get really your point. Is it an allousion about the typical Belgian way of driving, and/or the fact, that in B the drivers licence was introduced quite late (wasn't it in 1968)? |
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◊ 2016-02-02 22:43 |
Indeed, there are more than different type of Sodium-vapor bulb: Low Pressure (SOX), High Pressure (SON) and whiter High Pressure bulb (White SON). Some of them have it replaced with Metal Halide bulbs to work with existing SON ballast. See also: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogen-Metalldampflampe |
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◊ 2016-02-03 00:01 |
@ingo No, it's the infrastructure. Local traffic mixes with highways. Too many exits. Too many signs. Bicycle lanes on busy roads, etc. And the car park keeps growing. |
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◊ 2016-02-03 00:06 |
@rjluna2 All traffic lights in Belgium are getting LED lights. Video: Link to "deredactie.be" Sacrilege? -- Last edit: 2016-02-03 01:25:46 |
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◊ 2016-02-03 00:13 |
But all these topics don't concern the Autobahnen/motorways  And the situation is the same in any other European country, too - but only in Belgium the motorways are illuminated, even on straight stretches. |
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◊ 2016-02-03 02:21 |
In the Lighting Gallery web site, some of the members called them LEDisease and they are already spreading  |
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◊ 2016-02-03 19:10 |
There are way more entries/exits on our highways. Not in the middle of nowhere, but you're less often in the middle of nowhere in Belgium than in bigger countries Also, the lights allow to spot more easily the numerous potholes in the roads. On newer roads (or when they re-make roads) they tend to not put as many lights as before. Some highways now have lights only around entries/exits and interchanges. On other roads, they do not replace defect lights, as the remaining ones are still quite enough. -- Last edit: 2016-02-03 19:11:30 |
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◊ 2016-02-04 17:54 |
But wouldn't it be cheaper to repair the potholes than placing lanterns there? I think, you are ironic. Btw.: there are sometimes exits or other road-parts, which shall not be too popular. We have such nearby our village and we use it daily: Link to "www.dorstenerzeitung.de" A hidden Autobahn-exit on a rest area (and a slip-road-track in the other direction), not signposted on the Autobahn, nor on the streets around, nor on official maps. The Navi-systems know it, but otherwise only the local people. It's a relict of corruption, as a State Secretary at Helmut Kohl-government-times let built that for her personal convenience. Of course this fact was and still is impugned, but that's a lie. noone around here believe that. |
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◊ 2016-02-04 19:20 |
Lights were already there  (from the time they started using nuclear energy, as back then they had too much production in the night) |
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