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14 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Mar \ on: How daylight savings time might literally kill you HealthAndFitness
I recall there being stuff about increased car accidents, as well. More overtired drivers in darker conditions.
Is it due to tired drivers or increased wintertime driving after dark?
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I don't remember for sure, but I thought it was attributed to tired drivers.
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Personally, I have pretty bad eyes, and driving after dark really exacerbates the problem it if for some reason I don't have my glasses.
Winter conditions add to this.
I'm pretty opposed to DST, as I posted about earlier today #917674
It was started to save coal during the war, as they didn't have to keep the lights on as late.
It's another fiat infiltration on our time, through and through.
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you ever tried those yellow-tinted glasses that are supposed to help? i use them in winter as they take the glare off incoming cars
funnily enough, when i lived in russia they abolished DST but i never really noticed the effect because my then-baby wasn't going to kindergarten or anything and i didn't have to worry about getting up at set times or driving in shit, dark conditions
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That would be harder to assess empirically, because the entire winter takes place without a time change.
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I guess if we kept "standard" time all year it only really adds to after-dark driving through spring and summer.
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in winter driving tro the bus stop at 6.30 in the pitch black and fog, sometimes rain etc, easy to see how accidents happen. poor viz + being tired , recipe for disaster
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