Daylight Savings Time Again

I've read articles that claim automobile accidents increase significantly in major urban areas for the few days after clocks move either forward or backward. Not sure if that's true or not. Maybe someone who is or was in the insurance business could comment?
 
MarciKS said:
why is that?
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@MarciKS It has to do with the EU. Previously each member state could decide when they would implement DST. To avoid confusion with member countries going on to and off DST on different dates the EU decided that all member states would use the same date. The UK have now left the EU but still use the same dates.

However just to confuse things there is now a proposal to do away with DST in the EU and let each member state decide individually which time they will use as standard time DST or winter time
 
Glowworm said:
@MarciKS It has to do with the EU. Previously each member state could decide when they would implement DST. To avoid confusion with member countries going on to and off DST on different dates the EU decided that all member states would use the same date. The UK have now left the EU but still use the same dates.

However just to confuse things there is now a proposal to do away with DST in the EU and let each member state decide individually which time they will use as standard time DST or winter time
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does sound confusing ty though 😁
 
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MrPants said:
I've read articles that claim automobile accidents increase significantly in major urban areas for the few days after clocks move either forward or backward. Not sure if that's true or not. Maybe someone who is or was in the insurance business could comment?
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It seems to me that two contributing factors to more accidents would be having one's routine upset including sleep patterns and the fact that the sun is now in more driver's direct line of sight.

Speaking strictly for myself, I'd prefer a movement that sets the clock back an additional hour. I detest daylight savings time. Then again if I sleep till 3 am that's a good night for me.
 
This bi-annual resetting of the clocks is a Good Time to check/change the batteries in your home smoke detectors.

I checked ours a few minutes ago....we have 5 in the house. 3 of the batteries showed 9.6 volts, while the other two were only about 8.7 volts. I replaced the two showing low voltage....better than getting woke up to a "chirp" at 2AM.
 
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Don M. said:
This bi-annual resetting of the clocks is a Good Time to check/change the batteries in your home smoke detectors.

I checked ours a few minutes ago....we have 5 in the house. 3 of the batteries showed 9.6 volts, while the other two were only about 8.7 volts. I replaced the two showing low voltage....better than getting woke up to a "chirp" at 2AM.
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Isn't that the truth? They always seem to give out at the most inconvenient times.
 
There are all kinds of supposed "reasons" for DST. None are worth the grief of changing clocks. It was dumb idea that came out of WWI. We no longer have Gerries and Frogs fighting in trenches, so why do we continue with this inept nonsense?
 
One year I stubbornly did not set my clocks forward one hour, and I was fine with it except when it came to having doctor appointments and the TV schedule which screwed me all up, so I grudgingly relented.
 
Just happy at this point in time, that so many things with clocks are electronic and change themselves ... computers, iPhone, car clock.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
There are all kinds of supposed "reasons" for DST. None are worth the grief of changing clocks. It was dumb idea that came out of WWI. We no longer have Gerries and Frogs fighting in trenches, so why do we continue with this inept nonsense?
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I believe one of the actual reasons is during what was a normal world, pre covid --retail sales increased. People were out spending more money. I wonder if that will still hold true in what may become mostly an online world?
 
Also, pre-Covid, setting the clocks back in the winter meant kids were safer standing out in the street in the early morning, waiting for the school bus. Big difference in lightness.
 

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