What's the deal with all of those hubcaps leaning up agianst telephone poles?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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There are actually several strange patterns that many people have identified over the years while driving.

One of them are those streetlights on highways that suddenly turn off just before you pass them.

I think there is a name for these people who report this phenomenon. They are called sliders.

There is not alot of information online about this, and to this day there is no logical explanation for why this has happened so frequently in the past enough times that you can recall it today.

I considered the possibilty that it had something to do with motion sensor technology, but that only explains how lights are turned on when you are near them, not how they are turned off.

It is possible, in my opinion, that this phenomenon is actually some form of organized harassment, which means someone may have access to a switch nearby or remotely that can literally turn these lights off and on.

Perhaps they target specific cars that take a certain route at night on a regular basis at a certain time, and when they see the car approaching, they simply switch off the light.

I also remember when this happened to me, I would conduct simple observations of street lights while I was driving well in front of me as well as behind me with mirrors checking to see if these streetlights were suddenly turning off and on when I was nowhere near them.

Not one single time did I see a streetlight pop on or off in the distance, so I concluded this phenomenon has to be by design!

But if there is another explanation, I have no idea what it could be.

Now, the issue with the hubcaps is not a recent phenomenon, because hubcaps have, for the most part, been obsolete for some time. Most modern cars have steel rims that attach directly to the tire.

Are we are supposed to believe that when a motorist looses a hubcap when they are driving, that the hubcap gradually rolls off the side of the street onto the sidewalk with it somehow coming to a stop leaning up agianst a telephone pole on it’s own?

I certainly don’t believe it. Do you?

Pedestrians are picking up these hubcaps on the side of the road and leaning them up agianst telephone poles!

Does anyone know why?

Before I go I would like to ask something about the steel rims that have replaced hubcaps.

What is the deal with all of those missing bolt caps?

On a standard steel rim there are five bolts arranged in a small circle in the middle of the wheel.

Over the past few years I have noticed, before getting in and out of my car, that bolt caps are gradually dissapearing. I started with a total of 20 on four tires, but now Iam down to sixteen!

The only innocent explanation for this is when you get new tires, the mechanic may forget to screw all five bolt caps back on the bolts after the tire is replaced.

But in my case, I haven’t had to replace my tires yet.

I seriously doubt that the caps are falling off the bolts while people are driving.

I have also noticed numerous other cars, too many to count, over the years that do not have all 20 bolt caps on the bolts. So this is certainly not something unique to me.

This is just as frequent as the issues with the street lights and the hubcaps.

So people must be approaching parked cars at night with a tool to unscrew the the cap when no one is looking.

Are these caps worth anything? Are they taken to pawn shops after they are stolen?

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You keep on saying things like “the only explanation is…”. Have you even considered the possibility of other explanations?

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Yes!!! Iam all ears!!!

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I would be delighted to hear any suggestions you may have!

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A hubcap falls off of a car into the street. Someone finds it and moves it out of the street and leans it against the newest pole so that it’s easily visible if the owner goes to look for it.

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You must have a power that I lack. If a street light has ever gone off when I passed, it didn’t register. I’ve never noticed this.

But, it appears to be a real thing:

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Good idea! In this case it would not be a pedestrian that picks it up, but a city highway worker or garbage collector.

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I always thought of it as a nice gesture in case the owner went looking for it, and you gotta do something with it. This is easy, gets it off the street, avoids the trouble of disposal and might actually help. This might have been more valuable when towns and commutes were smaller and more regular.

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The reason why the hubcap thing was always a mystery to me was because I likened it to yet another strange pattern that people see when driving.

That is when you see a pair of sneakers hanging over a powerline by the laces.

I can see no logical reason why you would find sneakers hanging over a powerline.

When you see sneakers, they are most likely on someone’s feet.

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There was a street light in Lansdale that went out every time I walked under it. Please note- I NEVER assumed it was due to psychic powers or some emanation I gave off. I always thought, and still do, that it was a case of faulty wiring and some pivot point in shifting cement.

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People throw them up there.

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Interesting. This has never happened to me when I was walking in the neighborhood at night. Streetlights in neighborhhoods are similar to the ones on highways.

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There is a correlation between elevated sneakers, proximity to universities and drinking habits. It’s not just sneakers, but where in town one sees these frequently.

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There is yet another pattern that people see when driving, but this one has been fleshed out and the reason why you see it has been confirmed.

To this day, there are several old bicycles around my town that have been locked to various things on the side of the road that have been sitting there for years.

When someone is killed in an accident on their bicycle, it has been customary for friends and loved ones of the deceased in recent decades to simply leave the bicycle locked at the location where the accident took place.

It’s like a memorial.

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I’ve been a biker and around bikers all my life, and as far as I know this isn’t a thing. What bikers do is create a Ghost Bike, which is a junk bike painted white and locked close by. There are several ghost bikes around here, I always feel a bit weird when I ride past one.

I’ve never heard of using the bike they were riding when they were hit.

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So that’s what they are. Ghost bikes! I’ve seen them.

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I have done this myself.

e street lights just cycle on and off. It is normal. The phenomenon is a UL or pseudoscience.

Yes, but also, some bikes get stripped of the good stuff by thieves and the lock is jammed, so the owner just gives up on it.

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When I was a truck driver I frequently had pre-dawn starts. It was an odd experience to be driving down a motorway and see the lights switching off in sections. I also saw it the other way around in the evening.

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I’ve had street lights turn on or off when I drive by. I wonder if someone’s high beams hit a sensor.