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It didn't have to be mandatory. The whole point of DST was so people would get up with the sun rise and then go to bed earlier at night to use less energy for lighting etc.

In my opinion there is absolutely no value for it to be dark at pm. People are driving home in the dark. Commute auto accidents increase dramatically. We should keep Day Light Savings time all year long.

There is no reason not too. DST should have ended long ago! It disrupts sleep, and it's been proven that people have a hard time adjusting to the change in the spring, causing accidents and even health problems due to sleep deprivation. It serves no purpose except to disrupt the lives of every person in this country. Who is the government to disrupt my natural internal clock which all animals follow? Standard is our natural time and messing with that messes with my system, my personal system!

My body belongs to me, not to a government. Consider the effect on the elderly, babies, children, families where both parents work, the mentally ill etc. Consider the effect on child neglect issues and domestic violence. Much money is spent to address these issues. Leave them alone. Stop it, there is no need for it any longer, leave it so we have a little more light in the winter afternoons, and longer summer evenings Every year twice for a week my system is messed up until it adjusts. This is not something we need if we ever did.

Leaving it DST all the time makes most sense to me, since "standard" isn't even five months anymore. After all "standard transmission" is now called "manual", since automatic is the most common in vehicles.

Or, keep it Standard year round since that's best for our bodies. We have more efficient devices and lighting now than in the 's. Time change sucks, each direction. We should leave the clocks alone and follow the sun. We should follow the cows, the chickens, the huskies, the lyons, the tigers, and every living things that is around.

Who are we to disrupt their daily life cycle? We should learn from them and leave as naturally as possible. Let's follow the sun and the moon instead of the clock and all electronic devices.

This ridiculous law needs to be repealed. The native Americans said it best: Only a white man would believe you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket.

I wish DST was year round. Hate seeing it get dark at 4 in the afternoon during the winter. Love the light later.. Who wants it getting dark at 8 in the middle of summer? I think DST is awful. Time doesn't change. Silly people change time. It makes everyone feel bad.

I am always glad when clocks go back to REAL time. I personally cannot stand DST! I absolutely hate driving home from work in the dark. Please stay with standard time! I think DST is ridiculous and we should do away with it.

Personally I'm tired of always changing the time for this. Keep the DST and don't change it again. That's not natural. Why are we always messing with nature? Standard time is the best.

It suits our natural rhythm the best. Switching back n forth is not healthy for anyone. Leave it at Standard time the way it should be. The other is artificial!!!! While the debate over the value of Daylight Saving Time continues, firefighters around the country are putting it to good use in order to promote a very important message.

Changing the clocks is a great reminder to change your smoke detector batteries as well. It is also a perfect opportunity to review your family's fire escape plan with your child. Another way to involve your family is by completing a home fire safety inspection together. Did you get it?

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Alejandro Halter Nov 4, This is very useful is there another woderopolis like this. Nov 4, Alison Nov 4, Someone Mar 11, My teacher is being mean to me right now show me what rights i have against this.

Mar 11, Chan Roberts Mar 10, I'm glad we don't do this clock-changing nonsense here in China. Hi, Chan! Little Rose Nov 5, Nov 7, Hey, Wonder Friend! Rmot Mar 9, Mar 19, Im just a kid could you make this sound simple.

Oct 30, Alan Gartland Oct 27, Gene Bullock Oct 26, Pamela A Baron Nov 4, I think we should do away with this yearly ritual. I would like to come to more light hours. Oct 29, Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Gene! Oct 26, The only result of changing time from wintertime to summertime is that I go to sleep one hour later, wake up hour later and I'm late for almost everything by one hour. Clock keeps showing later time than I think it is and it's getting annoying.

Mar 28, Thanks, Q! Sherry Kinnis Nov 7, Would like for it to be set on one time and leave it. Awesome Mar 7, Nov 8, Dan Nov 12, Nov 14, Mar 16, True, true. Thanks for joining the debate! Nov 5, Joshua jenkins Nov 2, Personally ever since I was a kid I've never seen the point of doing this it's such a nuisance and a waste of time No pun intened. What would happen if we choose to stop doing this??? Nov 2, JustMe May 25, I just want our government to go back to , so i can peaceful wake up to Sun rise and to bed when I am tired.

Why bother to keep changing the time. We save nothing by changing time other than forcing consumers to buy Radio clocks which automatically change the time. But it takes more than a week for my brain to adhere to this routine. May 27, K-lee Tjiho Apr 8, Apr 11, Mary Mar 5, The whole thing of 'daylight saving time' changing clocks 2x a yr should be abolished. There are no advantages, and the disadvantages are great! Linda Trevino Mar 14, Mar 7, Eddie B Jan 16, I think DST should be done away with.

I see no reason to change the clocks. Bree Mar 14, Thanks for sharing your opinion, Bree! We appreciate you joining the conversation! We appreciate you joining the discussion and sharing your thoughts, tony!

Visit again soon! Jan 20, Thanks for sharing your opinion, Eddie! Dec 8, Hello, Wonder Friend! You're VERY welcome! Stanley Reed Nov 1, Who started this stupid day light saving time?

Why mes with the clocks? This is stupid and need to stop! Adjust work or school hours to reflect the hours of light! The system is flawed. We actually need to spring forward an hour in the fall and step back an hour in the spring.. Its backwards in its effectiveness. In the winter it now goes dark at 6pm when losing the daylight savings time. So we actually need a winter daylight savings time, not a Summer one! Oct 12, What an interesting idea! SueAnn Oct 6, I don't think they need to change the time ,I work in the late afternoon and when they change the time I have to work in the dark the whole time it would be safer to have light longer and people are doing too many crazy things in their cars and not paying attention, for me its a safety issue.

I have a driving job. Actually Oct 12, Oct 7, Macky Apr 19, I learned a lot from this article!! It is so interesting and i didnt know that there are 70 countries that dont participate in Day Light Savings Time! Wonderopolis Apr 20, Joanne Luce Mar 10, He was inspired by the relationship between human methods of marking time such as BST and astronomical phenomena: "I set out to explore what actually happens during that hour when the clocks "spring forward" to begin British Summer Time.

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