END DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
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Sep 20th, 2017Someone from Asheville, NC writes:
Bear up. To death. In. A boxing. Female. Fight. In. Daylight savings time. Fall. Backwards. 2017. -
Sep 20th, 2017Someone from La Jolla, CA writes:
Keep clocks consistent throughout the year with extra daylight in the evenings.REPORT COMMENTS
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Sep 20th, 2017Someone from La Jolla, CA writes:
Keep clocks consistent throughout the year with extra daylight in the evenings.REPORT COMMENTS
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Sep 20th, 2017Tracy S. from Houston, TX writes:
Daylight savings is an annoyance, and is pointless. Not only does the U.S. have areas that don't participate, we have business dealings in other countries, who DON'T change their time. This makes it very difficult to conduct business at appropriate times. When we switch back to the NORMAL time, in November, the time changes really should stop. I can't see where it helps anyone! In Summer, who wants to have sunlight at 9pm? And, in Fall, who wants to have their kids standing at the bus stop in the dark? Let's join Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands and America Somao in keeping to ONE schedule!REPORT COMMENTS
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Sep 20th, 2017Steven S. from Gastonia, NC writes:
I hope DST goes away. It only take daylight away from the working man nowdays.REPORT COMMENTS
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Sep 20th, 2017Sivle A. from Willow Creek, CA writes:
There is no logical reason why we need to continue changing our clocks forward or backwards. We need to leave it as it is now with the daylight hours longer. It is safer for the general public, better for people who work early, and we use less electricity when daylight lasts longer. It is an antiquated solution that no longer solves anything.REPORT COMMENTS
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Sep 19th, 2017john c. from Rockledge, FL writes:
i agree more day light to spend money and stimulate economy.good consumers go home at darkREPORT COMMENTS
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Sep 19th, 2017Tony M. from Andover, NJ signed.
Sep 18th, 2017Someone from Buena Park, CA writes:
Do away with turning clocks back. Why are we still doing this?? So annoying! Time changes itself!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 18th, 2017Erin H. from Newberry, FL writes:
My husband has epilepsy and this put him in danger every time the change occurs he has seizures in the morning and the only thing that keeps them safe is staying consistent on ascheduleREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 18th, 2017Anne W. from Adrian, MI writes:
There is absolutely no benefit to Daylight Savings Time. Workers get home in the hottest part of the day with DST and have higher air conditioning bills. Then school children are waiting for buses in the dark because of it. Let's not even discuss what it does to a person's biological clock.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 18th, 2017Someone from Kirkland, WA signed.
Sep 17th, 2017Allen M. from Lexington, NC writes:
Why? The Proposal The Petition The Quiz News Contact Us End Day Light SavingTime How you can help stop this madness of changing the time twice a year. Sign this petition To The Obama Administration to Stop "Spring Forward, Fall Back. Pick a Time, and Stick with It! Write your congress person about this. A simple letter or email from enough people will get their attention. Just tell them you want to STOP moving the time twice a year and refer them to standardtime.com for more information. Here is how you can contact your congress person: Contacting the Congress www.congress.org Congressional Email Directory Proposed System See Details Here WHY End Day Light Saving Time ? illuminated site of the week Why did daylight saving time (DST) start, and why does it still continue? When asking a random sample of people we heard two answers again and again: "To help the farmers" or "Because of World War I ... or was it World War II?"In fact, farmers generally oppose daylight saving time. In Indiana, where part of the state observes DST and part does not, farmers have opposed a move to DST. Farmers, who must wake with the sun no matter what time their clock says, are greatly inconvenienced by having to change their schedule in order to sell their crops to people who observe daylight saving time. Daylight saving time did indeed begin in the United States during World War I, primarily to save fuel by reducing the need to use artificial lighting. Although some states and communities observed daylight saving time between the wars, it was not observed nationally again until World War II. Of course, World War II is long over. So why do we still observe daylight saving time? The Uniform Time Act of 1966 provided the basic framework for alternating between daylight saving time and standard time, which we now observe in the United States. But Congress can't seem to resist tinkering with it. For example, in 1973 daylight saving time was observed all year, instead of just the spring and summer. The system of beginning DST at 2 AM on the first Sunday in April and ending it at 2 AM on the last Sunday in October was not standardized until 1986. The rules changed again in 2007. DST now begins on the second Sunday of March and ends the first Sunday in November. The earliest known reference to the idea of daylight saving time comes from a purely whimsical 1784 essay by Benjamin Franklin, called "Turkey versus Eagle, McCauley is my Beagle." It was first seriously advocated by William Willet, a British Builder, in his pamphlet "Waste of Daylight" in 1907. Over the years, supporters have advanced new reasons in support of DST, even though they were not the original reasons behind enacting DST. One is safety. Some people believe that if we have more daylight at the end of the day, we will have fewer accidents. In fact, this "benefit" comes only at the cost of less daylight in the morning. When year-round daylight time was tried in 1973, one reason it was repealed was because of an increased number of school bus accidents in the morning. Further, a study of traffic accidents throughout Canada in 1991 and 1992 by Stanley Coren of the University of British Columbia before, during, and immediately after the so-called "spring forward" when DST begins in April. Alarmingly, he found an eight percent jump in traffic accidents on the Monday after clocks are moved ahead. He attributes the jump to the lost hour of sleep. In a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, Coren explained, "These data show that small changes in the amount of sleep that people get can have major consequences in everyday activities." He undertook the study as a follow up to research showing that even an hour's change can disrupt sleep patterns and "persist for up to five days after each time shift." Other observers attribute the huge spike in accidents on the first Monday of DST to the sudden change in the amount of light during driving times. Regardless of the reason, there is no denying that changing our clocks has a significant cost in human lives. While some people claim that they would miss the late evening light, a presumably similar number of people love the morning light. And projects, postponed during the sun filled summer, will be tackled with new vigor when the sun sets an hour earlier each day. Congress appears to have felt we were not having enough of a difficult time so in 2007 they passed a law starting Daylight Savings time 3 weeks earlier and ending it one week later. This cost US companies billions to reset automated equipment, put us further out of sync with Asia and Africa time-wise, inconvenienced most of the country, all in the name of unproven studies that claim we save energy. STANDARDTIME.COM SAYS: If we are saving energy let's go year round with Daylight Saving Time. If we are not saving energy let's drop Daylight Saving Time! © 1995-2008 Sheila Danzig Sheila, All Rights ReservedREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 16th, 2017Allen M. from Lexington, NC writes:
IT'S RIDICULOUS TO HAVE TO REMEMBER TO CHANGE CLOCKS, COMPUTERS, AND SCHEDULES TWICE A YEAR WHEN IT'S NOT NECESSARY!! THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF IDIOCY IN WASHINGTON DumbClucks!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 16th, 2017Someone from Tijeras, NM writes:
Please end daylight savings time. The time changes cause a strain on our mental and physical health due to a lack of sleep. The time changes put us at greater risk for car accidents especially during the winter when there is less light and more ice on the roads in the morning. They also have a negative effect on business. When people are tired from the time change and getting up when it is still dark outside it is more likely to cause slower production, expensive mistakes, accidents at work and other issues. It is to the benefit of everyone to have us on standard time year roundREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 16th, 2017JAMES A. from Southfield, MI writes:
NOTE: Tell the 'American Business' leaders and Citizens of the (modest estimate) $16 Billion+ dollars that would be saved annually. "Delta Air Lines" said they would save a least $125 Million with the two zones. Farmers, live stock and animals hate D.S.T. "WE" Need the Two-Zone Permanent D.S.T. NOW !REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 15th, 2017Lyndsey B. from Houston, TX signed.
Sep 15th, 2017Someone from Bradenton, FL writes:
People use more resources. Stop day light savings time!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 15th, 2017Someone from Long Beach, CA writes:
Yes change time. ..no more daylights savings. .because I don't really saveREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 15th, 2017Timothy P. from Sherman, TX writes:
This sux It does nothing for any one! Why? I say this is STUPID like mandatory Car Insurance only the owners of the Insurance company get rich and no one else! To change the clock? is like dipping water out of a well with a bucket with no bottom in it! Why is the US Government so dumbass?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 15th, 2017Someone from Littleton, CO writes:
This bad practice serves to disrupt our natural rhythms and to make us adhere more to our clock than to our Earth and sun and seasons. If it's such a big deal, change the hours of businesses in the winter--don't change when time is!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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Sep 14th, 2017Someone from Howell, NJ writes:
Antiquated and useless let's put an end to daylight saving time.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 13th, 2017Robert G. from Littleton, MA signed.
Sep 13th, 2017Peggy B. from Crosby, TX writes:
Quit messing with people's internal clocks!! Ridiculous!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 13th, 2017Peggy B. from Crosby, TX writes:
Quit messing with people's internal clocks!! Ridiculous!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 13th, 2017Steven E. from Oshkosh, WI writes:
Please end daylight savings time it is ridiculous, expensive and unsafe. We do not live in the 1800's anymoreREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 13th, 2017Francesca D. from Bay Shore, NY writes:
antiquated program from 50+ years ago. Don't you know that WAR IS OVER.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 13th, 2017Francesca D. from Bay Shore, NY writes:
antiquated program from 50+ years ago. Don't you know that WAR IS OVER.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 13th, 2017Francesca D. from Bay Shore, NY writes:
antiquated program from 50+ years ago. Don't you know that WAR IS OVER.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 13th, 2017Francesca D. from Bay Shore, NY writes:
antiquated program from 50+ years ago. Don't you know that WAR IS OVER.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 13th, 2017Francesca D. from Bay Shore, NY writes:
antiquated program from 50+ years ago. Don't you know that WAR IS OVER.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 13th, 2017Francesca D. from Bay Shore, NY writes:
antiquated program from 50+ years ago. Don't you know that WAR IS OVER.REPORT COMMENTS
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