Every night at 11 p.m. the village of Dörentrup in central Germany is thrown into total darkness. For the past few years, the village's cash-strapped local council has been switching off all the streetlights in the village each evening until 6 a.m. the following morning.
No street lights would have residents stumbling around in the dark. But in Dörentrup they have seen the light (pun intended).
They have a program that allows residents to turn on streetlights on demand using their cell phones.
In the first project of its kind in Europe, the residents of Dörentrup can now switch on the lights on a specific street whenever they like.
All they have to do is register for the scheme online and provide a phone number. Then each time anyone needs to see in the dark, they call the Dial4Light number, enter the six-digit code that corresponds to the stretch of road they want lit, and within seconds the lights are on.
After a resident uses the Dial4Light scheme, the street lights in that area stay on for 15 minutes.
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