2006-10-28 21:18:46 · 6 answers · asked by Piano Man 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Safety campaigners, including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), have made recommendations that British Summer Time be maintained during the winter months, and that a "double summertime" be applied to the current British Summer Time period, putting the UK two hours ahead of GMT during summer. RoSPA suggest this would reduce the number of accidents over this period as a result of the lighter evenings, as was demonstrated when the British Standard Time scheme was trialled between 1968 and 1971, when Britain remained on UTC+1 all year. RoSPA have called for the two year trial to be repeated with modern evaluation methods. The proposal is opposed by farmers and other outdoor workers, and many residents of Scotland, as it would mean that, in northern Britain, the winter sunrise would not occur until 10:00 or even later.
2006-10-28 21:31:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Double Summer Time
2016-12-18 06:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we had double summer time in 1971, but didn't work out for scotland as i was in a rhudolph steiner school up in aberdeen scotland during that year, but now live in bristol.
i am now fifty five years old and i would very much welcome that move again to double summer down here in england, but if scotland does break away next spring 2016 then the percentages of double summer time then would be so much higher.
david hughes
2015-04-21 21:30:08 · answer #3 · answered by David 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Scotland and would welcome the clocks being left alone. There is not a person I know that agrees with them being moved,
2006-10-29 01:26:39 · answer #4 · answered by Roxy. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
good question
im looking foward to hering the awnser
2006-10-28 21:28:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i remember that..it was an experiment for one year and it did,nt work.
2006-10-28 21:40:26 · answer #6 · answered by grumpcookie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋