Editing Light pollution (section)

===Light clutter===

[[File:Las Vegas Strip.png|thumb|The [[Las Vegas Strip]] displays excessive groupings of colorful lights. This is a classic example of light clutter.]][[File:San Tan Mountain Lights.jpg|thumb|View of the Phoenix metro area from the top of Goldmine Trail in the San Tan Mountains]]

Light clutter refers to excessive groupings of lights. Groupings of lights may generate confusion, distract from obstacles (including those that they may be intended to illuminate), and potentially cause accidents. Clutter is particularly noticeable on roads where the street lights are badly designed, or where brightly lit advertisements surround the roadways. Depending on the motives of the person or organization that installed the lights, their placement and design can even be intended to distract drivers, and can contribute to accidents.<ref name="Kaushik-2022">{{Cite journal |last1=Kaushik |first1=Komal |last2=Nair |first2=Soumya |last3=Ahamad |first3=Arif |date=September 2022 |title=Studying light pollution as an emerging environmental concern in India |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2022.05.012 |journal=Journal of Urban Management |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=392–405 |doi=10.1016/j.jum.2022.05.012 |issn=2226-5856|hdl=10419/271475 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>