Study Ties Time Shift, Pedestrian Deaths
November 3rd, 2007 By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
An electric Time machinist prepares to remove the hands of an eight-foot clock in this March file photo in Medfield Mass. After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars than before the time change, two scientists calculate. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
(AP) -- After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars than before the time change, two scientists calculate. Ending daylight saving time translates into about 37 more U.S. pedestrian deaths around 6 p.m. in November compared to October, the researchers report.
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SgntZim - Nov 04, 2007
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Anyone know the equivalent figures for the U.K.?- flag
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wscandje - Nov 07, 2007
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This is one of the silliest statements I've read in a long time: "Going to a year-round daylight saving time would save about 200 deaths a year, the institute calculated, said spokesman Russ Rader." If the increased deaths are a result of difficulties in making the *transition* from DST to ST, then eliminating DST altogether would also "save" those lives.- flag
