Not really sure the wet street (at night) is really a cliche.

Most streets are wetted before shooting because they look better. They look black.

Every car ad you've ever seen has wetted roads.

It'd be kind of akin to saying shooting film on film is a cliche. Using clothespins on the set is a cliche. Dramatically lighting a scene is a cliche.

Cool guys not looking at explosion -- now, that's a cliche. A cliche of AWESOMENESS!!!

You left a space at the end of the link to the nerdivore post, so the link doesn't work. Need to remove that space.

David, thanks for that. Link fixed.