Obesity, diabetes, depression, suicide thoughts and attempts, hypertension, and cancer. While daylight savings time, or DST, might seem harmless, and even beneficial, it can cause all the problems listed above. Daylight savings time should be abolished, as DST can ruin schedules, for an important meeting, it can be more dangerous, increasing the rate of traffic accidents, causing sleep deprivation, and a multitude of other issues, already listed above. DST ruins schedules, and that could be fatal, for those, who have a significant meeting on certain days. In “Why Should We Abolish Daylight Savings Time” it says, “Thus, when 2 people wake up at 0700 h for work, the body clock of the person on the eastern edge may be set to 0700 h, but that of
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One piece of evidence that shows this is, “Congress adopted DST year-round for 2 years, but this policy was abolished early due to public opinion, specifically related to traffic accidents (including fatalities) in children going to school in the dark on a winter morning” (Mallow 7). During the day, multiple children getting injured or killed might be surprising to some, but it’s the truth. This proves that daylight saving times can be dangerous, as whenever it was darker outside, people might not have been able to see children going to school. In general, this proves that daylight savings is bad, as it was repealed in just two years. This could also happen to pedestrians taking a walk/jog outside, without proper driving. It also might not happen to just children, as some adults have to walk to some places, as they cannot afford a motorized vehicle. The children getting run over, probably still in elementary school, dying, or getting injured, would have a big impact on the parents as well. In addition, “Traffic accidents increase in the first few days after the change from standard time to DST, with an increase in fatal crashes of up to 6% in the United States” (Rishi …show more content…
It also shows some more issues that daylight savings could lead to. These pieces of evidence show that daylight savings could be the cause of many, many issues, and problems, both physically and mentally. Although many people dislike DST, there are still people who support it, the opposing side of this argument might make claims such as, during the afternoon, where there is more light, it allows more safety, or that it's good for the economy, or even the most basic argument, that it leads to more physical activity, This evidence shows otherwise, ““Findings have been mixed for traffic accidents related to DST. However, in the largest study to date, of more than 700,000 motor vehicle accidents, the risk of fatal traffic accidents was found to be modestly increased during the spring DST transition, especially in the morning and in locations further west in a time zone” (Mallow 19). This proves that DST does not promote safety,
One piece of evidence that shows this is, “Congress adopted DST year-round for 2 years, but this policy was abolished early due to public opinion, specifically related to traffic accidents (including fatalities) in children going to school in the dark on a winter morning” (Mallow 7). During the day, multiple children getting injured or killed might be surprising to some, but it’s the truth. This proves that daylight saving times can be dangerous, as whenever it was darker outside, people might not have been able to see children going to school. In general, this proves that daylight savings is bad, as it was repealed in just two years. This could also happen to pedestrians taking a walk/jog outside, without proper driving. It also might not happen to just children, as some adults have to walk to some places, as they cannot afford a motorized vehicle. The children getting run over, probably still in elementary school, dying, or getting injured, would have a big impact on the parents as well. In addition, “Traffic accidents increase in the first few days after the change from standard time to DST, with an increase in fatal crashes of up to 6% in the United States” (Rishi …show more content…
It also shows some more issues that daylight savings could lead to. These pieces of evidence show that daylight savings could be the cause of many, many issues, and problems, both physically and mentally. Although many people dislike DST, there are still people who support it, the opposing side of this argument might make claims such as, during the afternoon, where there is more light, it allows more safety, or that it's good for the economy, or even the most basic argument, that it leads to more physical activity, This evidence shows otherwise, ““Findings have been mixed for traffic accidents related to DST. However, in the largest study to date, of more than 700,000 motor vehicle accidents, the risk of fatal traffic accidents was found to be modestly increased during the spring DST transition, especially in the morning and in locations further west in a time zone” (Mallow 19). This proves that DST does not promote safety,