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snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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You know how fire trucks, ambulances, and cars all have flashing lights? Well, if you add up those lights, street by street, there is a single street on earth that has the most flashing lights.

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You know how fire trucks, ambulances, and cars all have flashing lights? Well, if you add up those lights, street by street, there is a single street on earth that has the most flashing lights.

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  • FreshLight@sh.itjust.works
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    You mean that a statistic has a value that’s highest? Yes.

    • snek_boi@lemmy.mlOP
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      Indeed.

  • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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    I can confirm that my car does not, in fact, have strobe lights. There are very few vehicles that do.

    • snek_boi@lemmy.mlOP
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      Oops. Thanks for pointing this out! Strobe lights are a specific kind of flashing light, and flashing lights are what I meant.

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        My point still remains. Most vehicles don’t have flashing lights either.

        • H1jAcK@lemm.ee
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          My check engine light has been flashing for weeks

        • can@sh.itjust.works
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          Turn signal?

          • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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            Damn. You got me.

            • ...m...@ttrpg.network
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              …that’s okay; some folks drive BMWs…

        • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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          You don’t have hazard lights? You should check: you probably do, and you want to know where they are so you don’t spend a half hour searching for them when you need them.

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            I feel like this comment is a little obtuse. They are pretty clearly referring to the average car driving down the road. People don’t tend to drive with their hazards on unless there is…a hazard.

            • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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              People do stop in the street and put in their hazards for various reasons, though. Legally or illegally, people stop in the street in front of businesses where there’s no parking and run in to get something; cars fail, or get flats. Especially with fender benders; even if there’s a shoulder, people justifiably put on their hazards. It may be less frequent than an emergency vehicle being in any given street at any given time, but in (US) metropolitan area it’s not uncommon.

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    Do lights on buildings count, too? If so, Fremont Street in Vegas is a strong contender.

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      The more I think about it, the more it makes sense to have multiple categories. One of them definitely should be “Buildings count too”!

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      The Strip has a bunch of traffic + lots of building lights. I would be curious which outnumbers the other

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        It depends on what you count as a light. If you count every LED in the screen over Fremont Street, then it undoubtedly wins.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonge_Street

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      A strong contender!

  • Linktank@lemmy.today
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    Vegas Strip, next.

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    I hate this but I also love it

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