Evening Light Reflection on Dereboyu
A Perception Risk Specific to Lefkoşa’s Narrow Urban Corridor
Traffic on Lefkoşa Dereboyu flows on the right-hand side, along a narrower-than-average urban road lined with small shops, pharmacies, and local businesses rather than international chains.
In the evening hours, this environment creates a distinct risk pattern.
Vehicle headlights, brake lights, and storefront illumination reflect directly off the road surface, especially after light rain. On a narrow corridor like Dereboyu, these reflections do not disperse. They compress the visual field.
Drivers do not lose sight of the road.
They lose depth perception.
The Key Observation
In Lefkoşa Dereboyu, evening-time accidents are driven less by speed and more by light reflections on a narrow roadway that distort distance perception during stop-and-go traffic.
This is not a lighting problem.
It is a geometry and width problem.
Why Dereboyu Is Different
- The road is narrow relative to traffic volume
- Buildings sit close to the carriageway
- Light sources are dense and multi-directional
- Stop-and-go movement dominates evening flow
As a result, even low-speed traffic produces:
- Late braking
- Misjudged stopping distance
- Minor but repetitive front and rear contact damage
Insurance Perspective
These incidents are often classified as “inattention” or “following distance” losses. Field observation shows otherwise.
The determining factor is not driver intent, but how light behaves on a narrow urban road at night.
Conclusion
Lefkoşa Dereboyu at night is not dangerous because it is dark.
It is dangerous because it is too visually crowded.
This pattern repeats.
And repetition turns observation into local fact