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Florida Senate proposes year-round Daylight Savings Time

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Sorry no link, but according to the local mullet wrapper yesterday the Senate has approved a bill making DST a year-round situation. I suppose the House must now vote on it.

I think it's a very bad idea for many reasons.

Thoughts?
 
We should do this nationwide. Move the clocks forward, and leave them there.
 
Never liked Daylight Savings Time, but I'm biased, I'm not a farmer.
 
TNs legislature did that. I dont think anything came of it, though.
 
This debate has become useless.

Dreaming up the idea of Daylight Savings Time made sense when higher percentages of the nation were involved with Agriculture, Farming, what have you.

Now that a small segment of the population is still does that... we are seemingly arguing about a twice a year annoyance.
 
DST is the de facto standard time anyway, being on it 8 months of the year. I prefer the extra hour of light in the evening, so I say stay on it all year.
 
This debate has become useless.

Dreaming up the idea of Daylight Savings Time made sense when higher percentages of the nation were involved with Agriculture, Farming, what have you.

Now that a small segment of the population is still does that... we are seemingly arguing about a twice a year annoyance.

DST wasn't "invented" to help farmers. I have it on good authority that the golfing cabal was behind it.
 
I like the idea of leaving the clocks alone & not changing the time twice a year; it is tiresome ......... and out dated .........
 
I have to agree with the Senate, it serves no purpose. Especially in the North having the extra hour of daylight is a pretty amazing thing. No more going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark.
 
DST wasn't "invented" to help farmers. I have it on good authority that the golfing cabal was behind it.

That explains so many things.
 
Sorry no link, but according to the local mullet wrapper yesterday the Senate has approved a bill making DST a year-round situation. I suppose the House must now vote on it.

I think it's a very bad idea for many reasons.

Thoughts?

IIRC, it died. Good idea though, put florida in one time zone, and get rid of DST. Much more efficient.
 
IIRC, it died. Good idea though, put florida in one time zone, and get rid of DST. Much more efficient.

Sorry, what does IIRC mean?

I'll pull a Scott Pelley here--but the mullet wrapper said it had passed the Senate. Maybe I misread it. Thanks for the input.
 
DST is the de facto standard time anyway, being on it 8 months of the year. I prefer the extra hour of light in the evening, so I say stay on it all year.

Yes, but the downside is in the morning. In my county a few years back we had 2 separate cases of children going to the school bus stop being hit and killed by drivers who didn't see them. Rural roads in both cases.

I can remember when we didn't have it in Florida at all. Then it was brought in for something like 4 months of the year, then 6, and now 8. I don't mind a few months, for the reasons you mentioned, but 8 months is too much IMO.
 
DST wasn't "invented" to help farmers. I have it on good authority that the golfing cabal was behind it.

Yes, the lawyers amongst the golfing cabal.
 
I'd go for Daylight Saving's Time all year round.

I love a little more light in the evenings.

From what I understand, however, they switch back to regular time in the winter to keep kids from walking to school in the dark in the mornings.
 
I'd go for Daylight Saving's Time all year round.

I love a little more light in the evenings.

From what I understand, however, they switch back to regular time in the winter to keep kids from walking to school in the dark in the mornings.

I get tired of it being light till 10pm in the summer.
 
Sorry no link, but according to the local mullet wrapper yesterday the Senate has approved a bill making DST a year-round situation. I suppose the House must now vote on it.

I think it's a very bad idea for many reasons.

Thoughts?

I'm all for it. I hate changing time. Pick one and then leave it alone.
 
I'd go for Daylight Saving's Time all year round.

I love a little more light in the evenings.

From what I understand, however, they switch back to regular time in the winter to keep kids from walking to school in the dark in the mornings.

You touched on the important part. Moving the clocks effectively interferes with normal sleep patterns, especially for the youngsters. Older folks not so much, but the youngsters need to get proper sleep, and when they have to wake up so early relative to diurnal rhythms, the kids end up suffering.

Yes, sleepy drivers and sleepy kids walking in the dark is a dangerous combination, proved many times.
 
I'd go for Daylight Saving's Time all year round.

I love a little more light in the evenings.

From what I understand, however, they switch back to regular time in the winter to keep kids from walking to school in the dark in the mornings.

That (monumental?) problem could be solved by simply changing the school hours (seasonally, if need be). When I worked at a golf course we did that - even with the clock fiddling system in place.
 
Sorry, what does IIRC mean?

I'll pull a Scott Pelley here--but the mullet wrapper said it had passed the Senate. Maybe I misread it. Thanks for the input.

If I Remember Correctly. I seem to recall them talking about this a month ago, but then it died. Maybe someone brought it up again.
 
I'd go for Daylight Saving's Time all year round.

I love a little more light in the evenings.

From what I understand, however, they switch back to regular time in the winter to keep kids from walking to school in the dark in the mornings.

Forget the children. Theyre only 20% of society.
 
I see that the "kids at the bus stop" argument has popped up as it usually does. I don't buy it. My guess is that more people get killed on the road when everyone is half asleep. Clock switching is pointless. If we're really worried about kids in the dark, start school later. A lot of districts are doing that anyway.
 
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