Daylight Savings Time

[Seatacus]

What is with changing Daylight Savings Time? My automatically changing alarm clock switched me back to standard time this morning and I almost missed my flight. Was it really necessary to do this? Who is the brain-child that came up with this idea?

 

[KCFlyer]

What is with changing Daylight Savings Time? My automatically changing alarm clock switched me back to standard time this morning and I almost missed my flight. Was it really necessary to do this? Who is the brain-child that came up with this idea?

I think it was the Bush Administration. Gives him a little more time to clear brush.

 

[Gilding the Lily]

I suppose I can put up with the relatively few annoyances of an extended day light savings time if it truly saves energy. If nothing else, it likely encourages citizens to shop more, thereby turning the wheels of our economy. Every cog has got to do its part, and holding your money in a tight wad doesn't turn those wheels.

 

[Veritas]

It was the idea of the candy industry and some kids from Wyoming.

Halloween Safety Act

 

[delldude]

Unsafe?

Ending daylight saving time translates into about 37 more U.S. pedestrian deaths around 6 p.m. in November compared to October, the researchers report.

Fischbeck and Gerard conducted a preliminary study of seven years of federal traffic fatalities and calculated risk per mile walked for pedestrians. They found that per-mile risk jumps 186 percent from October to November, but then drops 21 percent in December.

The reverse happens in the morning when clocks are set back and daylight comes earlier. Pedestrian risk plummets, but there are fewer walkers then, too. The 13 lives saved at 6 a.m. don't offset the 37 lost at 6 p.m., the researchers found.

Its quite reassuring that some little kid in Bugtussel can play an extra half hour.