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> When you go with dark mornings, you are combining the worst road conditions with the worst visibility. You're still passing the buck to commutes during dark
by Apocryphon 5y ago
> When you go with dark mornings, you are combining the worst road conditions with the worst visibility.
You're still passing the buck to commutes during dark evenings. Driving at night is always more dangerous:
https://www.nsc.org/road-safety/safety-topics/night-driving https://www.nsc.org/road-safety/safety-topics/night-driving
- mechanicalpulse 5y agoI'd argue that evening darkness is somewhat safer than morning darkness when I'm considering winter weather. The temperature of the roads are higher after ten hours of daylight than they are after ten hours of darkness. The coldest and iciest conditions are often found right before dawn.
- jpindar 5y agoAlso, on average, people are in less of a hurry after work.
- Apocryphon 5y agoBut, more accidents happen at that time. https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/overview/crashes-by-time-of-day-and-day-of-week/ https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/overview/crashes-b...
- _ph_ 5y agoAnother important thing is, that people might be tired in the morning as they are not fully awake yet. This gets worse, the earlier they have to rise vs. the sun raise.
- Talanes 5y ago> You're still passing the buck Well, yeah. That's the key to their whole argument: the buck HAS to be passed somewhere.
- tzs 5y agoMy point is that given equal lighting morning is probably going to be worse for driving because of road conditions. If we then have to add darkness to one of those, adding it to evening will probably be less damaging because evening has a larger safety margin due to better road conditions. Adding darkness to morning is taking what is already the hardest case and making it even worse.
- Apocryphon 5y agoBut currently more accidents happen at night than they do in the early morning, even when morning darkness factored in. https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/overview/crashes-by-time-of-day-and-day-of-week/ https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/overview/crashes-b...