"Keep Daylight Saving Time Year-Round"
Steve Calandrillo
Steve Calandrillo is the Charles I. Stone professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/06/daylight-saving-time-at-...
MARCH 6, 2014
Extending daylight saving time year-round would save lives, reduce crime, save energy and stop Americans from losing sleep each time we switch our clocks.
First, darkness kills. Delaying sunset by an hour would save over 350 American lives annually, by reducing traffic fatalities during the evening. The change from daylight to twilight causes a 300 percent increase in fatal vehicle-pedestrian crashes, and the evening rush hour produces twice as many accidents as morning...