Original sentence: Anyone walking whilst not tuned in to "reality" will likely collide with the lamp-post, hence "reality checkpoint".In the early evening, it casts a weak, baleful light over the junction of two absolutely straight paths that slice across a featureless parallelogram of grass...It is an elaborate affair: four lamps hanging from a tall, cast-iron column ornamented with writhing dolphins.It may be because the lamp-post forms a useful landmark for people crossing the park at night — perhaps drunk or in the fog — since it is the only light for hundreds of yards.It may be because the lamp-post is situated in the middle of two walking paths that intersect.Peter Turnbull's "Reality Checkpoint" synopsis at Google Books.The crime novel Reality Checkpoint by Peter Turnbull — set in Cambridge — makes reference to the lamp-post as an allegorical device to describe the victim's state prior to murder.There are three main theories as to the meaning of the name:
Edited sentence: The second suggestion is that the name arose because the lamp-post forms a useful landmark for people crossing the park at night — perhaps drunk or in the fog — since it is the only light for hundreds of yards.The third suggestion relates it to the post being situated in the middle of two walking paths that intersect; anyone walking whilst not tuned in to "reality" will likely collide with the lamp-post, hence "reality checkpoint".There are three main theories as to the meaning of the name