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blue_jay

(343 posts)
30. I found a couple article of interesting articles with some studies
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:04 AM
Yesterday

while I was researching this topic because of this vote. They are not directly related to the points you made about pre-sunrise fatalities but thought they were informative.

I found this one the most interesting:

Study suggests most Americans would be healthier without daylight saving time
by Nina Bai, Stanford Medicine News Center

]https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/09/daylight-saving-time.html

And this one relating to how to protect heart, especially during switching form standard to daylight.

Here’s your wake-up call: Daylight saving time may impact your heart health - American Heart Association
https://newsroom.heart.org/news/heres-your-wake-up-call-daylight-saving-time-may-impact-your-heart-health

Given a choice, I think I'd probably prefer sticking to standard time.

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More like the golfers act lol n/t Cheezoholic Tuesday #1
This sucks. maxsolomon Tuesday #2
I read that it's to make saving time permanent. Wednesdays Tuesday #5
Oh, OK. maxsolomon Tuesday #6
I think you've got it backwards Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #7
Yep...in Wichita it would be a 8:40am sunrise. Dark gloomy day, 9am Bengus81 Yesterday #38
They just made DST year round here in BC too Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #45
You got it backwards Polybius Tuesday #8
Why don't we just use standard time and change normal business hours/school hours. Its the same difference. ToxMarz Tuesday #3
Because no one wants it to get dark early in the Summer n/t Polybius Tuesday #9
It gets dark at the same actual time, the only difference is what artificial time the clock says. ToxMarz Tuesday #10
Because no one wants it to get dark when the clock says 7:30 (or whatever) in the Summer Polybius Tuesday #11
I've never cared what the clock says, in relation to whether the sun is up or down. Ms. Toad Tuesday #19
Permanent standard time, not DST, is healthier ... n/t wackadoo wabbit Tuesday #4
RIGHT? If we must "lock" a time, let's make it the REAL time, not DST. Beartracks Tuesday #17
Honestly, there's no such thing as "real" time. BWdem4life Tuesday #20
Well, yeah. ;) But "noon" should be when the sun is at its zenith. Beartracks 22 hrs ago #48
Not for commuting home from work. diane in sf Yesterday #26
This was done before back in the 70s, and they had to stop it 'cause there were multiple fatalities -- mostly school Fil1957 Tuesday #12
Maybe the kids should stay out of the streets? BWdem4life Tuesday #21
Nonsense. Ms. Toad Tuesday #23
Guilty as charged! Having lived in the 70s and recalling the news reports then, which sensationalized the predawn Fil1957 Yesterday #27
I agree with your original post. I drive every day in the early morning in the dark.... dedl67 Yesterday #35
I found a couple article of interesting articles with some studies blue_jay Yesterday #30
They say if we don't turn the clocks back ever again that in a few years it will be light all twenty four hours. twodogsbarking Tuesday #13
This is the most important issue we face! BidenRocks Tuesday #14
Time for me is pissed off. chouchou Tuesday #15
This will be repealed in 2 years or less FakeNoose Tuesday #16
At some point in my life I hope to ignore clocks entirely. hunter Tuesday #18
At what point would that be? JustABozoOnThisBus Yesterday #36
My wife and I currently live under the tyranny of the 24 hour clock at her workplace. hunter Yesterday #47
Oh FFS! sheshe2 Tuesday #22
Clever to bring it to vote soon after the switch with so many hate it question everything Tuesday #24
Good, it makes for safer driving on the commute home when people are less alert than they are in the morning. diane in sf Yesterday #25
Someone tell Fat Nixon that Regular Nixon already made this mistake, and backtracked. RockRaven Yesterday #28
In this digital age solar noon by location is viable. SalamanderSleeps Yesterday #29
I proposed in another thread that everyone use Universal Coordinated Time everywhere... hunter Yesterday #46
So we all lose an hour permanently LostOne4Ever Yesterday #31
Pushed by the Golf Lobby. /nt thought crime Yesterday #32
And the tennis lobby, the softball lobby, the growing soccer and pickleball lobbies, the little cricket lobby, etc JustABozoOnThisBus Yesterday #37
Legislation that actually does nothing to truly improve the American people's lives in a truly meaningful way. cstanleytech Yesterday #33
What? dadzilla Yesterday #34
More distraction from MILLIONS that can't afford the ACA and then massive Bengus81 Yesterday #40
In the meantime samplegirl Yesterday #39
I'm one. The Billionaire class is doing everything they can on a Bengus81 Yesterday #42
MAKE STANDARD TIME PERMANENT!! There is no "free extra daylight" without stealing it from the morning. QueerDuck Yesterday #41
I'm all in for permanent standard time! joshdawg Yesterday #43
That's Great! purr-rat beauty Yesterday #44
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