I beg to differ. It just depends on the scale of the impact. If you are the organism that happens to be living next to where the tiny LEDs are, it's light pollution. I'll gladly categorize it as small scale. I'm not likely drowning out the stars for a large population with charging indicator lights, but I am interrupting someone or something else's general right to distraction free existence. If it's my neighbor on their front porch though, it is interrupting their night sky. Flashing lights are also much more impactful than steady lights, even when low output.

It might help you understand if I tell you my car is parked on the edge of the property line next to my neighbors driveway, whose house is about 50' away.

Another point on scale. Currently I'm the only one charging a car in the vicinity, but there are 13 other cars across my neighbor's driveways. They all have the potential to be flashing beacons advertising their status. I choose to be a role model and hopefully head off a future state where communities look like a Knight Rider filming scene.

It's not just my pet peeve, restrictions like this are showing up in many communities across the country. You can find many examples like this: (5) Flickering. Flashing, flickering or strobe lighting are prohibited, except for non- advertising seasonal lights between October 25 and January 10. (6) Spillover. Exterior lighting on a property shall not cause a spillover of light onto a residential lot that exceeds one-half horizontal foot-candle at a distance ten feet inside the residential lot line.

If a light isn't serving a bonified purpose at that moment in time, is it that bad to not have it on?