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> Perhaps more important, the number of car crashes by drivers 16 to 18 was reduced by 70 percent when school start times were changed from 7:35 to 8:55. This
by japhyr 11y ago
> Perhaps more important, the number of car crashes by drivers 16 to 18 was reduced by 70 percent when school start times were changed from 7:35 to 8:55.
This is what stood out to me. I'd like to know more about how this study was done, but if it's valid this is one of the most compelling arguments I've seen for changing school start times.
- codingdave 11y agoI suspect it might also have something to do with letting all the rush hour traffic get to work first, THEN let teenagers drive around town. Whatever the root cause, if later start times are safer, all the more reason to support making changes.