Official Real Time

[unixronin]

"Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ..." — er, to Official Real Time, upon this day when we do violence once again to our circadian clocks.

You know what I want to know?  Has anyone ever checked to see if there's more traffic accidents the Monday morning after DST begins?

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[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Several years back, the traffic accidents were up the week after DST sleep deprivation by 7-9%, depending on the study, whether you are counting accidents, or fatalities.

The biggest proponent of DST today is the Chamber of Commerce. It turns out that people tend to go shopping more when it is daylight after work. That makes getting rid of the turkey more difficult politically, because you are going up against real money. It also means that many standard measures of effectiveness are "bent" toward keeping DST, on whatever pretext seem convenient.