  Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1477 Registered: 11-2003 |
I knew it was a matter of time before the news covered this topic. I live at 75 and State Fair and these new LED billboards make driving a bitch at night. You can look and see they light up half the block under them, there is no way in hell I would be able to sleep @ night with these signs blaring @ night. Anyone else have trouble driving when there is a white background showing on the billboards? I see the neighbors are complaining now too http://www.clickondetroit.com/ news/15592509/detail.html | ||
6nois Member Username: 6nois Post Number: 672 Registered: 11-2006 |
Sometimes its like looking at the light of God. It should be an easy fix its just that the white ads weren't changed so they wouldn't blind people. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 11810 Registered: 12-2003 |
Time to get out the old spot light meter and do some measuring... | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1478 Registered: 11-2003 |
Those signs light up at least 15-20 houses into the block, which is kinda good since the block is very dark, but still. The house right below it, it really sucks for them. They have been trying to rent it out for a while since their son (a childhood friend of mine) was car jacked at night and killed and no one saw anything since it was so dark next to that house below the sign. | ||
Dds Member Username: Dds Post Number: 565 Registered: 10-2006 |
quote: It's always the white ads, isn't it? | ||
6nois Member Username: 6nois Post Number: 673 Registered: 11-2006 |
^^^Uh duh, we are talking about the city of Detroit, now aren't we? | ||
J_stone Member Username: J_stone Post Number: 424 Registered: 10-2003 |
I thought the same thing. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4796 Registered: 12-2005 |
I would think there would already be a regulation limiting the brightness of signs. That it uses LEDs shouldn't be a factor. | ||
Hamtragedy Member Username: Hamtragedy Post Number: 113 Registered: 10-2007 |
When Chrysler (Plymouth?) put up that huge sign on E. Jefferson near the Connor Creek pumping station, the neighbors as far away as St. Jean cpmplained....... in the 1920's. It remained until they rebuilt the plant, in the early 90's. | ||
Civilprotectionunit4346 Member Username: Civilprotectionunit4346 Post Number: 652 Registered: 06-2007 |
Do they say,"The Moon Rules!" | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5636 Registered: 10-2003 |
I find them somewhat unnerving as well.  | ||
Civilprotectionunit4346 Member Username: Civilprotectionunit4346 Post Number: 653 Registered: 06-2007 |
LOL...good refer' to "They Live". Mine was about the aqua teen hunger force LED things last yr that made everyone freak and think they where bombs. | ||
Miguel Member Username: Miguel Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2008 |
It would be cool to have some of those in and around Downtown | ||
Supergay Member Username: Supergay Post Number: 133 Registered: 05-2006 |
Take a look at the north side of the MGM parking structure. I cannot believe how bright that is - and those landowners to the north are fucked if they want to turn any of those buildings (including Cass Tech) into rehabbed residential. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 7286 Registered: 11-2004 |
I was shocked at the brightness of the MGM billboard awhile back. I was coming back from Windsor and saw this flash that beamed across the freeway. I didn't even realize what it was at first until I saw the billboard. It was shockingly bright and it had illuminated all the lanes of the freeway below. | ||
Whittier70 Member Username: Whittier70 Post Number: 76 Registered: 02-2008 |
Bet those signs won't last long in the neighborhood on New Years Eve. On New Years morning, I pulled out an AK shell from my trunk that went through the trunk lid and through the bottom of the trunk, a free falling shell. | ||
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313 Post Number: 626 Registered: 02-2006 |
That was it all along....... All Detroit has to do is remove the signs and the resident will return. problem solved! <313> | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 1737 Registered: 02-2006 |
quote: Another problem solved! No need to fix streetlights, just rent billboards. Business opportunity for the City? | ||
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider Post Number: 850 Registered: 08-2006 |
I love how the story focused that it at least lit up the neighborhood! The lights are broken but hey we got this bright advertisment! I hate advertising I dont know what I would do if that was out my window. | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 527 Registered: 01-2007 |
Worse is it flashed different signs of various light intensity every ~5 seconds. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 7322 Registered: 11-2004 |
What's worse? Annoying neon blink or scattershot different images coming across those billboards? I'd say it's a toss up. | ||
Jfried Member Username: Jfried Post Number: 1123 Registered: 11-2003 |
civilprotectionunit - the "moon rules #1." was the funniest episode of aqua teen. so many good quotes...... "We are Mooninites from the inner core of the moon. Our race is hundreds of years beyond yours. Some would say that the Earth is our moon. But that would belittle the name of our moon, which is the moon." |
