What’s not safe about it?

 

It depends on the site itself. If the site is well-lit and has CCTV or people nearby, it's far better than some charging locations I've used at night (down the end of a dark lane at some industrial estate with rubbish in the bushes and so on).

If you've ever had a bad experience of being jumped on by baseball-bat wielding thugs jumping out of the bushes at night, you'll know what I mean. I have, and that's another story.

 

Thought they'd been doing this since ~June, at London: Canary wharf, Park Royal, West Drayton & Brentcross - 28p 9pm-9am, 54p or 56p 9am-9pm 🤷‍♂️

 

I never know how much a supercharger is costing until I am enroute to it or have arrived... By which time it is too late to change my charging time or location. Unless Tesla publishes a list of chargers with times and prices then I don't see how this can change any behaviour.

 

I thought, while in the car, at any moment you can tap on a supercharger & find out it's current prices 🤔🙂

 

About time, good news for load spreading and for those without home charging facilities. Spreading the load/times of use saves adding more chargers and network cables etc. It makes much better use of a capital resource.

As for safety, it just happens to be true that most things can happen when darkness falls and fewer people are around. Some, not all, women feel more vulnerable. I don’t drive a Tesla and haven’t used a supercharger facility, if they are well lit and have security cameras they might be a lower risk for charging?

 

I think women feel scared at night because they’ve been trained to. Night is no less-safe than daytime and well-lit areas are more dangerous than dark areas.

 

Contrary to common perception, most crime at night happens in well lit areas. Where lighting had been removed it's often been noted that crime rates fall. Criminals apparently don't like hiding in the dark, because it makes it rather difficult to identify a victim and also to see what they are doing to carry out a mugging or whatever.

 

The issue with the dark is you can't see what is around so well. This makes the animal instinct in us kick in yo make us fearful and alert. A lot of predators use the night to hunt so it's in our DNA to be cautious. Hence why people feel safer in a lit area as you can see your surrounds and anything approaching you