Post by @LovableSidekick@lemmy.world

2026-11-01 23:16 UTC

As an aside, adopting year-round daylight saving time in the US would add 2 billion school commutes in darkness and billions more work commutes, with a corresponding increase in traffic deaths and injuries. Traditional daylight saving time comes in second. The plan with the fewest dark commutes is year-round Standard Time.

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@merc@sh.itjust.works 2026-11-02 06:20

adopting year-round daylight saving time in the US would add 2 billion school commutes in darkness Unless you did the obvious thing and adjusted the school and work hours. Why isn’t that being considered? It’s not like it was some rule handed down on a tablet that work must start at 9am and school must start at 8:30 or, whatever time it is that kids go to school in your particular local area. If it’s safer to wait until after the sun is up to send the kids to school, then start school later.

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@Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2026-11-02 02:18

Commuting isn’t the issue. Quality time is the issue. Those dark morning commutes (for about 60-90 days of the year) cost us the only hour of evening daylight that could potentially be had for 120-150 days of the year. We already use standard time for 8 months of the year. To minimize disruption, we should just extend it year round.

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