I've never been a fan of the clocks 'springing forward' and 'falling back' every 6 months.
This goes back to my doll years - I remember every Monday me and some friends used to stroll to a mate's for our weekly RuneQuest sometime between 18.30-19.30 in the evening and I used to really enjoy in the spring the feeling of the days gradually getting longer every week, like winter's over.
Then in late March, BOOM! All of a sudden it's just unambiguously light for the whole walk, and my feeling of being in tune with the seasons is gone.
Then there was losing that hour of sleep when I was a teacher.
I have to admit I actually quite appreciated the extra hour this morning... I managed to get out for a run at 8.00, otherwise it would have been 9.00.
It would have been earlier but I wasted an extra hour on Discord, talking about clocks going back and forward among other things...
I guess this map proves there's no need for daylight savings at all... I mean Japan is on the same latitude as parts of America and they don't bother, neither do two provinces in Canada or 3/4 of the land mass of Australia. Almost NONE of Africa.
Fun fact: Lord Howe island in Australia puts the clocks back and forwards 30 minutes. That'd drive me nuts!
Mainly through increased traffic accidents. I read this in 'Why We Sleep' by Mathew Walker. The theory is people lose an hours sleep in spring when the clocks go forward. There's quite a few studies on it if you dig around, like this one, suggesting there's a 17% increase!
Oh and there's no corresponding reduction when the clocks go back like they did yesterday! There's actually also an increase in accidents in November, but that's mainly attributable to the darker conditions, although potentially due to people driving home in the dark all of a sudden as it gets darker in the evening, the peak accident hours being 16.00 to 19.00.
I know this won't happen - we had a vote on it sometime ago in the UK and 'politicians said no', so we're stuck with it.
I'm gonna have to take the positives: enjoy my extra hour once a year and celebrate the fact that losing the hour in the spring doesn't really affect me as I set my own working hours, and I can mainly stay off the roads!
