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Old 08-06-2023, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Provo, UT
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It looks like a streetlight, but it seems a bit too tall for that. Any ideas?
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Old 08-06-2023, 10:15 AM
 
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It's a light. There are a number around here.
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Old 08-06-2023, 10:37 AM
 
Location: DFW
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License plate scanners / facial recognition by Homeland Security.

They just want you to think they are street lights.
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Old 08-06-2023, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
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License plate scanners / facial recognition by Homeland Security.

They just want you to think they are street lights.

I thought they were microwave RF transmitters being used to scramble the drivers' brains?? After all so many drive that way.
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Old 08-07-2023, 09:15 AM
 
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That's a 100 ft tall high-mast light, specifically.
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Old 08-13-2023, 11:01 AM
 
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They're high mast lighting. Texas tends to build them a bit taller than many states, especially around interchanges. Texas as well as many states use them the light up vast areas of space, especially at interchanges where it's more practical to build them than to install street lamps for every yard of roadway. They are more recently starting to build them on main stretches as well as to not have to build street lamps. Their main downfall is light pollution to areas surrounding them. Texas seems to try to locate them on the side of the freeway where there are parking lots and businesses to avoid having them beam down on adjacent residential areas which seems to be the reason why you see them on one side of the highway for a decent stretch and then suddenly they switch to the other side of the highway.
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Old 08-13-2023, 11:07 AM
 
Location: Born + raised SF Bay; Tyler, TX now WNY
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Lights. I first remember seeing these in Illinois. They are fairly rare in Texas but I’ve noticed them in a fair number of places/states.
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