Residents of #canada, would you be in favour of your province or territory abolishing annual clock changes and moving to a consistent, year round time? (thecanadian.social)

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@canada Residents of #canada, would you be in favour of your province or territory abolishing annual clock changes and moving to a consistent, year round time?

If yes, what would you prefer: year round daylight savings time (an extra hour of sunlight in the evening) or standard time (an extra hour of sunlight in the morning)?

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[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

Apparently I'm the only person in the country who doesn't find the seasonal time changing to be problematic.

I like having the extra sunshine hours in the summer evenings, and having sunrise come a bit sooner in the winter. And I've never personally experienced any dramatically negative effects on the days when the time changes.

[-] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

You are lucky then. I have trouble sleeping even on good days. Losing 1 hour of sleep that I already have trouble getting is majorly problematic for me.

[-] dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Same. I usually don’t notice until I get in the car and the clock is an hour off.

[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I am sure the people with the increased amount of car accidents and heart attacks care.

[-] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Motorists are more likely to die in collisions, but cyclists and pedestrians are not; and by a nearly equal amount. So maybe take active or public transit for a week or two following the time change. It will help with reducing heart attacks too.

https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/changing-the-clocks-helps-pedestrians-but-hurts-motorists