Should daylight saving time be scrapped?

Yes
73% (257 votes)
No
27% (93 votes)
Total votes: 350

GMT/Summertime

Thu, 03/12/2009 - 15:51
Janiebird

I'd like to see summertime kept yearlong, except, perhaps for about 6 weeks in the depths of winter. When the clocks go back, everyone seems depressed by the change. And why wait twice the length of time to put clocks forward - it's more than half way to midsummer, for goodness's sake!

And I guess a reduction in

Sun, 22/11/2009 - 15:37
drumwrecker

And I guess a reduction in the evening accident rate

We should have British Summer Time all year round

Fri, 23/10/2009 - 20:28
davidmcc3

Every time this question comes up I point people to road safety figures which show there is a sudden increase in afternoon/evening deaths and casualties when the clocks change in October.

Aren't their lives worth making the change?

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