Why street lights during night time are warm orange colored and not white lights? Won’t having white lights seem more like daylight?

Question

Why street lights during night time are warm orange colored and not white lights? Won’t having white lights seem more like daylight?

In: Physics

Answer 1

Orange lights are way cheaper, and there’s also an argument that the blue light emitted from white lights cause more glare when driving through rain and snow. However, research has shown that using white light increases peripheral vision significantly, and greatly increases people’s ability to brake in time, so in that sense it would be the safer choice