Argumentative Essay On Daylight Saving Time

Have you ever wondered why the U.S does daylight savings time and the rest of the world doesn’t? The U.S has been using daylight savings time for years while other countries have stopped after WW2. In the articles“Pros & Cons: Daylight Savings time” by Proscons.org and the article “The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time” by David Prerau they state that daylight savings is both good and bad. Although some argue that the U.S should eliminate daylight savings, I believe that daylight savings should remain because of the reduced exposure to artificial light and the decreased risk of car accidents involving children in the afternoon. One advantage to daylight savings time is the reduced exposure to artificial light. This reduces exposure to artificial light because the amount of sunlight increase and therefore reduces the necessity of artificial light. Artificial light doesn’t provide the same benefits as natural sunlight. In the article “The pros and cons of Daylight Savings Time.” It states “It is valuable to provide …show more content…
This decreases these tragedies because the sunlight helps drivers detect kids on bikes, walkers and kids chasin balls in the street. The increase of sunlight helps drivers detect children playing and riding on bicycles, which wouldn’t have happened if there wasn't Daylight Savings Time. “The extra light from DST in the late afternoon decreases the risk of accidents for children in activities such as riding bicycles, engaging in unsupervised outdoor play, or traveling as passengers in cars. The DOT study found that under DST in March and April, the increase in morning accidents seemed to be more than offset by the decrease in evening accidents. ” This shows that Daylight Savings Time has a positive effect in the safety of children. Children are safer when DST is in effect because of the increase in