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It's unsafe. A child is more likely to be hit by a car when it is dark. With the current system they can leave for school and come home when there is light.
by nemo44x 5y ago
It's unsafe. A child is more likely to be hit by a car when it is dark. With the current system they can leave for school and come home when there is light.
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- r0m4n0 5y agoShouldn't they just go to school later when it's darker? They could come up with a policy to start school later and get out later in the winter or something. Why does the entire country have to modify their clocks for a few minority use cases?
- nullc 5y agoSure, then move the start times of the school to a safe time. The time zone changes kill people.
- moron4hire 5y agoIs it society's time-keeping system that is at fault, or the school system's start time? Cuz I kinda think organized school systems with rigid start times are a later development.
- richardwhiuk 5y agoThat's not true in the northern states anyway.
- ghaff 5y agoI have a feeling quite a few people commenting don't live in northern states and thinks there's plenty of light to go around if it were just aligned right.
- twiddling 5y agoThe demographic center of the US has drifted South over the past 50 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_center_of_the_United_States_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_center_of_the_United_Stat...
- cr1895 5y agoOr living in countries north of northern US states. They should come visit a higher latitude in winter
- ghaff 5y agoBasically because of the Gulf Stream influence on climate, I suspect a lot of Americans would be surprised how far north Europe is compared to the US. (And therefore that you deal with darkness in the morning and the evening for a decent chunk of the year.)
- matsemann 5y agoBan cars around schools.
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoSome places, at some times of year.
- bradlys 5y agoCool. Teach your kid to not run into the middle of the street then? Provide pedestrian pathways/walkways? Idk maybe make walking a good thing? Many ways to do this instead of, “children can only be outside when the sun is at high noon!!”
- jahewson 5y agoDay 1: teach small child French Day 2: child now speaks fluent French! And so it is with running into the street.
- stadium 5y agoMorning and evening sunlight depends a lot on the latitude.