I think that the idea was to try to prevent commuting (and school travel) in darkness.
I don't care which we do- I'd just like to see one or the other, and stop screwing with it. In this day and age, there is no reason for a switch to DST, and it just blows my mind that some people seem to believe it actually gives them more time in a day.
Should Daylight Savings Time Be Abolished?
This question gets asked twice a year, and I answer it the same way twice a year. Not just yes, but hell yes.
I would prefer to have the daylight savings time shift in place year round, since daylight hours in the evening are more useful to me than ones in the morning, but I honestly don't care which route they go with as long as they stick to one and quit changing it.
move the clocks forward an hour, and leave them there permanently. falling back for a couple months is less than useless.
move the clocks forward an hour, and leave them there permanently. falling back for a couple months is less than useless.
Some parents don't like this idea because it could have their children going to school in the dark for several months during the school year.
Some parents don't like this idea because it could have their children going to school in the dark for several months during the school year.
That happens regardless of the clocks in many cases. Perhaps schools don't need to start so damn early?
My sons go to school at 9 am. If we stayed on DST year round, there is a good possibility that during nov/dec/jan they could be walking to school in the dark or as the sun is coming up. Just going at 8 would put many students in the dark.
so drive them or let them ride the bus. we shouldn't all have to engage in an utterly pointless and useless ritual twice a year just because somebody won't find alternate means of getting their kids to school.