Do you think that the clock change is for SAFETY REASONS?(?

Question

Statistically are there are more AUTO-accidents shown to be occuring when it is dark out. I mean people drive to work and well the majority drives at what hours? And so we would want it light, right? If it was not for this SAFETY ISSUE I would NOT be in favor of doing the clock change thing ~ except for this SAFETY reason alone I guess I DO FAVOR THE CLOCK CHANGE. Changing the clock does not change how many hours of light or dark you have in a 24 hour period it just shifts when you have the light or dark hours. There is something "mystical" about how the "DARKNESS CALLS the LIGHT", and when you change the clocks sometimes we miss that.....
BUT HEY ; Safety first Mysticism LATER.
we just have to make some adjustments.

previously I was not thinking about "SAFETY issues" when I was holding the opinion that the clock change was lame....

Answer 1

No, the clock change is not for safety reasons. Changing the clock means that one end of the day is darker than the other. Some people drive early in the morning, others late at night. Any perceived benefit to one group is absorbed by the inconvenience to the other. Excercising good driving habits and constant vigilance are much better precautions than playing with the clock. Playing with the clock is just stupid.

Answer 2

The clock change is to conserve energy in the summer. Very few people are awake at 4:30 am when the sun would rise normally around here in the summer. Most people are still awake when it would get dark around 8:30 here in the summer. We go on daylight savings time to have an extra hour of light in the evening when we don't need lights on because it doesn't get dark until around 9:30.

Answer 3

The original, official motive for creating legislation mandating the change in time was purely for energy conservation reasons. The idea was that the less time companies were operating in the dark, the less light they would need and therefore the less power they would consume.

While the politics of legislation is well beyond my understanding and interest, I must admit that the safety factor is a very interesting and powerful motivator in my books. Frankly, traffic congestion is probably much more of a factor in traffic safety. For me it is a good reason, but I doubt that safety was a primary consideration in the original politics of establishing these semi-annual time changes.

Answer 4

The main reason for daylight saving is to conserve some electrical energy. Though it is little per household, it saves billions of dollars on the entire nation.
Thats why the new daylight saving times in 2007 will be
March 2nd sunday to Nov 1st sunday

Answer 5

no