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Additionally, the OP seems to indicate the increased accidents are due to issues we have adjusting to the time change. You can certainly argue we should get ri
by benrbray 7y ago
Additionally, the OP seems to indicate the increased accidents are due to issues we have adjusting to the time change. You can certainly argue we should get rid of the time change altogether, but 2-DST would have the same time changes as our current system. Maybe there's an increased risk of traffic accidents as a result of increased evening activity. But I'd argue that's a problem with our society's unhealthy dependence on cars, rather than with 2-DST.
- James_Henry 7y agoWhile the article is specifically looking at the effects of the transition to DST, it references the fact that there are adverse effects of time zones besides just the transition or the use of cars. Here is one of their references: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mikhail_Borisenkov/publication/49752430_Latitude_of_Residence_and_Position_in_Time_Zone_are_Predictors_of_Cancer_Incidence_Cancer_Mortality_and_Life_Expectancy_at_Birth/links/0912f503c9f6283dc3000000/Latitude-of-Residence-and-Position-in-Time-Zone-are-Predictors-of-Cancer-Incidence-Cancer-Mortality-and-Life-Expectancy-at-Birth.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mikhail_Borisenkov/publ... Others have also attempted to estimate the amount of sleep of people in eastern vs western edges of time zones and they have found it to be some 20 minutes.