Poll: Do you think the clocks should change?
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BST all the time.
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You'll be free by then, pick your own bloody time zone.
How many commuting deaths occur in far north Scotland?
Far more kids die on the way home from school in Southern England on a dark evening in Winter, when a shift forward would make that hour lighter.
Perhaps it would be better for your employer to change they way they do things than have to be reliant on what digit is showing on a clock... does it make a huge difference if you start work at 8:00, 9:00 or 10:00?
It does seem silly that we have winter/summer time... supposedly something to do with farmers... why farmers can't simply get up at the required time regardless of what digits are used to represent the hours is beyond me. We should just pick a timezone and stick with it... if its better for people to start work earlier or later then the digits on a clock don't necessarily prevent that.
Depends on the job. If you're working with customers or other companies that do 9-5 then that's when you need to be open.
Erm...
Schools finish at 3-3:30, it gets dark (currently) at 4-4:30 in winter. They have an hour to get home before dark.
If however we change the clocks it will be dark when they go to school no matter what - In London, let alone northern England the sun doesn't rise until after 8am with the current setup on the shortest days. Go forward an hour and kids will be walking to school in the dark (along with most commuters) for 3 months of the year!
You appear to have it the wrong way round.
You need one of those padded jackets.
So for the kids to and from school argument...
Going to School - Kids in the south have to go to school in the dark (assuming they have a half hour walk and an 8:30 start) for about a week of twilight whereas in the north they currently have 2 months of darkness. Changing the clocks forward an hour would mean kids would have to walk in the dark to school for 5 months of the year. In the north it would be kids walking in the dark for 6 months!!!
It makes little difference anywhere in the country for kids going home in the dark, except the north of Scotland where they have to walk home in the dark for a month in December (Assuming leaving at 3:30 and a half hour walk).
For the standard 9-5...
You get up in the dark for two months of the year in the south, that would change to over 4 months.
In the north that would mean getting up in the dark for 7 months of the year!
If you arrive at work at 9 that means a month of arriving to work in the dark in the south and almost a quarter of the year in the north!
Now the benefit- leaving work!...
In the south you would "only" have 2.5 months leaving work in the dark (rather than 3.5 months) - So basically about 3 weeks of extra "sunny" evenings. For the north it's not much different, about another 3 weeks of light after work...
So basically changing the clocks forward would mean kids walking to/from school for several more months in the dark. For adults it could mean getting up in the dark for several more months of the year (more than half the year for Scots!) with several months of the year the first sunlight they see during the day being lunchtime.
That is horrendous and why it's never been passed. As someone that is not a morning person having to be woken up by an alarm in the pitch black for several more months of the year is something not bearable to think of. It'll mean for 3-4 months of the year people will be doing their morning commute not only tired but in the dark, just as kids are walking to school in the dark.
Going to School - Kids in the south have to go to school in the dark (assuming they have a half hour walk and an 8:30 start) for about a week of twilight whereas in the north they currently have 2 months of darkness. Changing the clocks forward an hour would mean kids would have to walk in the dark to school for 5 months of the year. In the north it would be kids walking in the dark for 6 months!!!
It makes little difference anywhere in the country for kids going home in the dark, except the north of Scotland where they have to walk home in the dark for a month in December (Assuming leaving at 3:30 and a half hour walk).
For the standard 9-5...
You get up in the dark for two months of the year in the south, that would change to over 4 months.
In the north that would mean getting up in the dark for 7 months of the year!
If you arrive at work at 9 that means a month of arriving to work in the dark in the south and almost a quarter of the year in the north!
Now the benefit- leaving work!...
In the south you would "only" have 2.5 months leaving work in the dark (rather than 3.5 months) - So basically about 3 weeks of extra "sunny" evenings. For the north it's not much different, about another 3 weeks of light after work...
So basically changing the clocks forward would mean kids walking to/from school for several more months in the dark. For adults it could mean getting up in the dark for several more months of the year (more than half the year for Scots!) with several months of the year the first sunlight they see during the day being lunchtime.
That is horrendous and why it's never been passed. As someone that is not a morning person having to be woken up by an alarm in the pitch black for several more months of the year is something not bearable to think of. It'll mean for 3-4 months of the year people will be doing their morning commute not only tired but in the dark, just as kids are walking to school in the dark.
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Its hard enough getting out of bed in the morning , if its still dark it would be even harder! , no thanks