Salmon Arm Weekend A.M. All Month: April 3 To DST or not to DST? Molehills Lorne REIMER A fter writing last week that Monday was a bad day for car accidents, a reader emailed me about the adverse effects that Daylight Savings Time has on overall safety....
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Salmon Arm Weekend A.M. All Month: April 3 To DST or not to DST? Molehills Lorne REIMER A fter writing last week that Monday was a bad day for car accidents, a reader emailed me about the adverse effects that Daylight Savings Time has on overall safety. Granted, the three serious local accidents - including a fatality - occurred a week after the switch to daylight savings, but the stats do show lingering effects. Reader Debbie Beadle referred to a Manitoba study that showed a 20 per cent increase in collisions the day after the annual time change, compared to all other Mondays of the year. It takes over a week to return back to normal again. For an interesting and amusing take on the absurdities of DST, go and google: “John Oliver - Daylight savings”. You will learn that it benefits neither farmers or energy consumption ... so why, then? Perhaps it is time to follow the lead of Saskatchewan and Creston and start springing into Spring without springing an hour. It may even prevent injur
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