Day light saving good or bad

[BADGER.BRAD]

Hello all,


I woke this morning to realise for the first time ever day light saving is going to make a real difference to my day I took on a new job earlier this year working normal hours 8 till 4 (previous job any time from 1am till 11pm). As my commute now starts at 7.15-7.30am and at this time of year Im on my way home at 1-2PM it means I will be traveling in the light . Day light saving never really made any sense to me as if there are 8 hours light in a day it doesn't matter what time you call it you still get 8 hours light !



The only problem I will have now is my body clock will be knackered for at least a month.

 

[PBancroft]

For me, makes not difference - I'll still leave in the dark, and I was already cycling home in the light. In a month or so it will be dark then too.

 

[gratts]

It's good in the autumn and an outrage in the spring

 

[magnatom]

I don't like it. It's a pain getting the kids body clocks adjusted. I expect some very early wake up calls for the rest of this week

 

[dondare]

It leaves me feeling jet-lagged for about half a year.

It does waste energy (lighting comes on an hour earlier) and possibly leads to more deaths on the roads.

 

[Kestevan]

BAD Idea.....

At least today, as I'm providing support to our overseas customers today, and had to start at 6am instead of 7am....

At least I get to finish earlier

 

[Piemaster]

Mostly I'm with OP, doesn't make for any more daylight, just changes when it starts and ends.
I would rather have the extra light in a morning when car drivers are probably at their doziest and I suspect any change accident statistics at either end of the day are cancelled out by those at the other. Would suspect that any rise is a seasonal thing anyway as daylight hours shorten very quickly at this time of year.
I'd search down some stats but my connection is far too slow to do much meaningful.

Do those complaining of being out of sorts for extended periods never fly anywhere? Or for that matter even take a train to France?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Mostly I'm with OP, doesn't make for any more daylight, just changes when it starts and ends.
I would rather have the extra light in a morning when car drivers are probably at their doziest and I suspect any change accident statistics at either end of the day are cancelled out by those at the other. Would suspect that any rise is a seasonal thing anyway as daylight hours shorten very quickly at this time of year.
I'd search down some stats but my connection is far too slow to do much meaningful.

Do those complaining of being out of sorts for extended periods never fly anywhere? Or for that matter even take a train to France?

The evidence say's the opposite. Accoident rates are lower when drivers can go home in the light, in the morning when it's dark drivers are more alert than when coming home in the dark. For me this is the best evidence not to change. I have no idea why we continue with this charade and why we don't move to CET in line with Europe, we'd have longer lighter summer evenings rather than bright sunshine at 5 am when the majority are still in the land of nod. I'd vote for any party that proposed that.

 

[hackbike 6]

Daylight saving is a pain in the rear.

 

[Mr Celine]

Daylight saving is a pain in the rear.

The 'daylight saving' bit is when the clocks go forward. We're now in the correct time zone (for London).

I remember the 1968 experiment and having to walk to school in the pitch dark for two months. I wouldn't wish that on my kids, and would probably drive them instead of making them walk.
The 1968 experiment did show a net saving in accidents, with a large fall in casualties to car drivers in the south east more than offsetting the rises in casualties to other road users and to those in the north and west.

IMO it is often the most rabid anti-EU little Englanders who are most in favour of adopting Berlin time.

 

[gavintc]

The 'daylight saving' bit is when the clocks go forward. We're now in the correct time zone (for London).

I remember the 1968 experiment and having to walk to school in the pitch dark for two months. I wouldn't wish that on my kids, and would probably drive them instead of making them walk.
The 1968 experiment did show a net saving in accidents, with a large fall in casualties to car drivers in the south east more than offsetting the rises in casualties to other road users and to those in the north and west.

IMO it is often the most rabid anti-EU little Englanders who are most in favour of adopting Berlin time.

Yes, I remember the experiment - very dark mornings. We were well into the school morning before it become daylight. And, yes, we now have GMT having left the BST behind. If we adopted the European model as many advocate, we would still be changing our clocks, but would never use GMT again.

 

[byegad]

I remember the 1968 trial. It did reduce accidents and, on a personal note, I cycled home from school in the light and to school in the dark. This was the opposite to all my other years cycling to school and in my opinion no more dangerous.

 

[ufkacbln]

My problem is the A27!

As I go up on a bright morning the sun is "in your face" and causes problems with visibility and cars who travel too fast for the conditions..... after several weeks it has now got to the stage where it acceptable....... Just in time to put the clocks back and the sun becomes "in your face" again!

So for the next few weeks I am going to be blinded as I go to work!

To me it is a real increase in risk every year

 

[Plax]

It doesn't really bother me at all. In fact this morning I was delighted to find that instead of getting my lazy arse out of bed at 11:30, it was in actual fact 10:30. Added bonus is that my car clock now shows the correct time.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Wouldn't a logical way to increase daylight hours in winter be to decrease the amount of minutes per hour during daylight hours, and re-distribute them during the hours of darkness?

10 hours at 45 minutes per hour would give you a 10 hour working day from 08:00 till 15:30, finishing a whole 90 minutes before it gets dark. Plenty of time for the commute in daylight at both ends.

A 10 hour working day with the current (outdated) 60 minutes per hour, would see you finishing work at 18:00 from an 08:00 start. 1 WHOLE HOUR after dark!!

I don't know how I do it. I surprise myself sometimes!