Love it or Leave it? The Light Bench

July 18, 2007

Check out the latest techie project for parks: light benches! Covered with huge white light-filled bulbs, which I'm assuming are solar powered and super sturdy, these bright benches may be a vision of the future. Featured on pc news, illuminated benches hope to make public parks safer by reducing crime and suspicious activity. But then again, the attention these new glowing benches may attract could entice vandals given that fact that even basic wood benches are targets. What do you think? Would you like to see parks and public areas with light-up benches? Leave your comments below!

Poll Love It Or Leave It Light Bench

43 Comments

Dillinger 5 years 42 weeks

Ooh, if you have a seat with your date, I say no way. Hello, think of about the lighting! Recall the flashlight under the chin trick. Scary. On the other hand, its great for spooking bums away from sleeping on them.

Dillinger 5 years 42 weeks

Ooh, if you have a seat with your date, I say no way. Hello, think of about the lighting! Recall the flashlight under the chin trick. Scary.On the other hand, its great for spooking bums away from sleeping on them.

buffyrulez 5 years 42 weeks

leave it. everybody can see my butt ;)

sugababee 5 years 42 weeks

cool but would it hurt to sit on them?

sugababee 5 years 42 weeks

cool but would it hurt to sit on them?

pouetomagic 5 years 43 weeks

leave it! it should hurt eyes at night, shouldn't be comfortable, attract bugs, and mosquitoes...

starofsorrow 5 years 43 weeks

It's a neat idea....but at the same time, wouldn't it be somewaht uncomfortable sitting on them?

Esagashi 5 years 43 weeks

I think they would probably attract bugs, like some of the other commentators, and they should be solar powered to be useful. But with all the light pollution already out there, I'd like to see these used strategically, in places that need to be lit already. I'm thinking of bus stops, busy street corners, and in parts of college campus'.