Fluther: Why is losing an hour for Daylight Saving Time a problem?

Why is losing an hour for Daylight Saving Time a problem?

Asked by flo (13313

) March 14th, 2013
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We hear a lot of talk about how there are more accidents on the days following date of “spring forward”.
An hour less/year is not a problem for a lot of people, esp. since it happens in the weekend. So what do you think as a solution for those who find it a problem? Get up 15 minutes early for a few days before that date? Do people use that system or other systems?

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That is news to me. Statistics?

gailcalled (54644

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It really throws my circadian rhythm off. I’m seriously grumpy for at least a week. Getting up early for a few days prior to daylight saving wouldn’t work for me.

Also:
Daylight saving time is horrible
More ammunition for people who hate daylight saving time
A petition to stop daylight saving time

phaedryx (6129

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It really throws me for a loop, that’s all I know.

RandomGirl (3362

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Because I get an hour less time to do astrophotography.

Rarebear (25192

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@gailcalled a bit of googling:

http://www.zurich.co.uk/home/mediacentre/generalinsurancenewsreleasesarchive/retail/as-the-clocks-go-back-car-accidents-increase--coincidence.htm

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=mine-injuries-rise-right-after-dayl-10-03-12

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15512177

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/2011/11/03/spring-forward-fall-back-should-you-watch-out-tomorrow-morning/

phaedryx (6129

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^^^ Thanks.

gailcalled (54644

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I am all messed up, it happens.
The summer time change always resets my body clock to stay up later.
I have been up until about 11:00—11:30 the last week instead of 10–10:30 and am now not waking until 7:30–7:45 instead of 6:15 -6:30.

Coloma (47193

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It’s a problem because that innocent little hour, whether springing forward or falling back, is actually an hour of missing time which allows our government to refresh our programming.

They hide it from us by marking it on our calendars and reminding us to set the clocks forward or backward. They put us in update mode for sixty minutes and give us our new orders. That’s really why many folks are discombobulated after a DST change. Why do you think this all happens at 2:00 in the morning?

on a sunday

Blondesjon (33994

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For the last 8 years or so I lived in states or territories that didn’t have it and I was so happy. Now I am back where it is in force and yep, I hate it. I have never had an accident to blame on it but I just don’t like the changing. Another thing that is upsetting my delicately balanced existence is that down here there seems to be a huge difference in the amount of daylight vs darkness whereas up north, the difference was not nearly as noticeable, which makes sense when you think about it. But anyhow, I don’t like it!

rooeytoo (26981

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The problem is caused in the few days after daylight savings time, when the body is used to getting up at a certain time, and now suddenly the new time to get up is an hour earlier. I have noticed it in that before DST, I was always waking up before the alarm went off and for past few days the alarm has been waking me up every night. It’s this “adjusting” that people are citing as the cause of the problems. That said, I prefer DST because I’d much rather have more light in the evening.

DominicX (28808

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Daylight Savings Time always throws my sleep patterns off even more than they already are. For about a week after we spring forward or fall back, I’m all messed up and I get even less sleep than I do normally!

mangeons (12288

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