There have been numerous studies that show on the Monday after the change to DST there are more accidents and heart attacks. There is not a corresponding decrease in accidents and heart attacks after going off DST in the autumn.
Then there's the bi-annual ritual of changing the time on your clocks. Which is annoying. At least our phones change automatically. There's parts of Arizona that don't observe DST and none of Hawaii. Since 2006, Indiana has observed DST statewide. Before that, there was a patch quilt of counties that did and did not follow DST. Also part of Indiana is in the Central Time Zone and part in the Eastern Time Zone so that made it especially confusing.
I think we should go on permanent DST. The only downside is it'll still be dark awfully late in the morning in the winter. I know this from experience. Congress enacted year-round DST from Jan 6, 1974, to April 27, 1975, to "conserve energy." It probably didn't conserve any energy and, boy, those winter mornings were dark.
British Columbia is going on permanent DST starting this weekend. One last time changing clocks.
Being permanently off DST would work, too, but a lot of people like those late daylight hours in the summer. I don't really care as long as I don't have to change a clock again for DST.
How do you feel about DST? Hate it or love it? Want to go permanently on DST or standard time? Let me know in the comments below.
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