The science behind why people hate Daylight Saving Time so much

Can we use research and policy to change (or not change) the clocks for the last time?

https://arstechnica.com/features/2024/03/the-science-behind-why-people-hate-daylight-savings-time-so-much/

In 2022, Gentry and an interdisciplinary team of colleagues added to that body of research, publishing a study in the journal Time & Society that showed the rate of fatal motor-vehicle accidents was highest for people living in the far west of a time zone, where the sun rises and sets at least an hour later than on the eastern side. Chronobiology research shows that longer evening light can keep people up later and that, as Gentry found, morning darkness can make it harder to get going for work or school. Western-edge folks may suffer more deadly car wrecks, the team theorized, because they are commuting in the dark while sleep deprived and not fully alert.

I, for one, have always hated DST. We need year-round standard time, and those members of Congress who have voted for DST owe us an apology.

#summer-time #daylight-saving-time #dst #standard-time #human-health #safety

The science behind why people hate Daylight Saving Time so much

Can we use research and policy to change (or not change) the clocks for the last time?

Still catching up with changed time. I feel sleepy, despite having enough sleep this #HamsterMonday

#DST

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#capybara

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#DST #capitalism #scam

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We have LED lights now. We do not need to mess with people's sleep schedule and exacerbate health issues on a societal level just to save money on candles.

#DST

xkcd: Daylight Saving Choice https://xkcd.com/2846/

Finally!
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Daylight Saving Choice

#DST #scam

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I'm going to #UTC time. #DST is a pain

#DST #caturday #caturdayeveryday

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#DST #timetheft

Just went through the annual rigmarole of switching to #BST.

#DST

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Sendung mit der Maus auf Twitter: "Was viele ja nicht wissen: Die Maus kümmert sich heute Nacht persönlich darum, dass die Zeit umgestellt wird.* 🕒🕑 * Funktioniert nur bei digitalen Funkuhren😉 https://t.co/LkWUvy58To" / Twitter

#DST change

https://twitter.com/DieMaus/status/1454463866776264711

Today is the last day of #BritishSummerTime or #BST for this year and the clocks will go back to #SolarTime or #GMT tomorrow. I always find this transition rather grim as suddenly as it's suddenly getting dark in mid afternoon. But really, there shouldn't be any need for #DaylightSaviingTime at all. We should keep solar time all year around and then the transition would be more gradual and bearable and we would still have the possibility of getting up when it's light rather than before #sunrise. You can't wish away geography.

#UK #DST