Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk • Hacker News Board

Re: Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk

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Post by ygggvg » Thu, Mar 05, 2020, 12:08 PM UTC

throwaway8451 wrote: post #75

ygggvg wrote: post #73

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It really affects me every year. My grades went down after the switch. As long as we are not just able to gradually transition I prefer to get rid of it and I'm quite happy that it's going to happen. Nonetheless if sun goes down at 4 instead of 5 I wouldn't feel any issue with it. Winter is dark I leave in dark and go home at dark.

What makes a gradual transition on your own impossible for you if I may ask?

My work schedule on one side and the additional effort on the other (coordinating with my wife, changing alarm regularly, matching that with public transport.

Re: Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk

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Post by James_Henry » Thu, Mar 05, 2020, 2:08 PM UTC

lutorm wrote: post #95

James_Henry wrote: post #85

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"2-DST" would make it so that people have to get up much earlier in the day though, right? From my experience, in places up north people find it harder to wake up early in the winter because the morning darkness (I'm sure the cold doesn't help either).

At high latitudes, it doesn't get light until so late that you will reasonably never wake up in daylight in the winter. But moving the light later would make it more likely that you can get out and actually see some light as opposed to going to work when it's dark and getting out when it's dark again.

It's not about waking up in daylight. It's about a large chuck of the population waking up earlier than is healthy.

When you have research showing that the western edge of a timezone is worse off health- and sleep-wise, it is clear that a policy pushing people to get up earlier is not good.

Re: Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk

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Post by gyrgtyn » Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 8:55 PM UTC

gyrgtyn wrote: post #36

I, for one, would like to wake up when the sun is up, and go to sleep when the sun is down. Isn't this this the same website where everyone is familiar with Why We Sleep? Standard Time forever

Nothing like trying to get my kids to eat breakfast in the dark.