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You’d get a lot more car crashes. In the UK it causes the peak morning commute to be in daylight
by sjducb 3y ago
You’d get a lot more car crashes. In the UK it causes the peak morning commute to be in daylight
- digging 3y agoThat's an interesting take, since reducing care crashes is one of the main arguments for abolishing DST time changes.
- chgs 3y agoMost commentators, especially on HN, live in latitudes close to the equator (say south of 55N) Sunrise in Glasgow if the U.K. was on UTC+1 year round would be as late as 0945 in December, civil twilight wouldn’t start until an hour after people leave for school.
- digging 3y agoI'm not sure what is the argument here. That car crashes meaningfully rise when people drive in the dark? That's possible, but car crashes and other fatalities increase after the time shift in both directions. The problem is the confusion and the disruption in sleep patterns, not the light levels.
- arethuza 3y agoAlso in Scotland - I'm quite happy with the current arrangement - it means mornings aren't too bad in winter (going to and returning from work in the dark would be miserable) and it means we get glorious light evenings in summer.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoOne nuance often forgotten is that DST is most helpful at high latitudes and approaches zero at the equator.