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> Keep in mind that the gap is not arbitrarily chosen.

It's not supposed to be, no. But the gaps are not always optimal. The spacing of the street lights in the video (to the extent I can tell) seems to be quite wide, wider than I would think is optimal.



The edges of the "lightpool" that the lamps normally cast is probly being clipped by the cameras crappy dynamic contrast, it is almost certainly a much larger lightpool in real life.


Not usually, and I say this as someone who has spent a lot of time driving nearby roads at night.


> it is almost certainly a much larger lightpool in real life.

Not according to the post by niftich upthread.





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