Pet peeve, neighbors leave porch light on

JRscooby wrote:

toedtoes wrote:


It doesn't take learning to figure it out. Just walk past the RV and watch. Does an indoor light go on first? Does the RV move at all? Do you see a face in the window? Does the door open?

If no to all those, then it's likely to be a motion detector light.

And grabbing a cooler, generator, grill, etc, is a quick grab and run. By the time you get out of bed, they're gone with the prize regardless of how the light turned on.

And even if the thief is "startled", they usually come back and try again knowing the light will come on and no one will check it out.

So what you are saying is motion lights will do no good. Say I accept that, exactly what deterrent is a light that is on all the time? Walking, even before I get to site, I can see nobody is outside, spot the grill, map my path to and from, and never be noticed if I decide to pass.
I often sit out in the night while camping. I try not to pay attention to what goes on in other sites out of respect for privacy, but a light comes on/goes off good chance I will look that way. If in that look, I see something leaving the site, it will have my attention, even if it is a racoon with a bag of Wheaties. Somebody walking into the light will not be noticed.

I'm not saying a light left on all night will do anything. Again thieves nowadays don't care about lights at all.

My point is simply that lights are not that effective at detering crime - period. A motion detection light that triggers whenever a raccoon or deer rambles by will be ignored - just like the car alarm that goes off (just click the remote and don't even bother checking) or the boy who cried wolf.