IMHO kids are much less likely to have accidents going to school in the dark than messing about with their mates in the dark after school.
Only slight snags with the hour being further forward would be: still being hot when going to bed in summer having more mornings when the ice needed scraping off the car in winter
Many years ago (during the fuel crisis of the 70s) at leats one school local to me (at the time) shifted its hours. Started very early (can't remember the exact time) and they all left correspondingly early - something like 14:00.
When most other schools in the area went back to conventional hours, this school continued with its odd hours. And it was generally very popular with staff and pupils. (It might later itself have changed but IIRC it was still on these hours in hte late 80s.)
But as Johnnie and Chardonnay are always taken to school in the 4x4, does dawn really matter any more? :-)
My view has always been leave the clocks but, if needed, adjust the tiumes at which things occur. Imagine a system in which we used actual angles of for referencing time. Can't see things like '70 degrees is
82.5 degrees because it is summer' working very well.
There are statistically more accidents after dark at going home time than in the morning. And altering the actual time in the north of Scotland makes so little difference anyway for much of the winter as the days are so short.
Far more likely is big business and the civil service who couldn't cope with varying work times across the land.
Living in London I'd like BST as standard and double in the summer. When working I get up before most - about 6 to take the dog out - and it's broad daylight. I'd rather have a longer evening.
BTW, my Viessmann boiler re-set its clock automatically. Easy enough for anything with a microprocessor. You don't need radio clocks where mains is available.
I'm a bit like that .I hate the weather and I hate Christmas with all the hype and madness and I hate New Year with all the hy...You get the picture ..:-(
The main advantage of using GMT in the winter is that its dark when you go to work and its dark when you come home. You really shouldn't be allowed to have daylight at home on week days!
I'm very much in favour of double summer time in the south - in the summer there's lots of daylight before most get up. Which would be more use in the evening - and save energy.
(late in this thread but ..) I'm of a certain age, so I've seen too many bloody winters already. [voice off: hear hear!]
My point is: however they bugger around with the clocks, SURELY it only applies to a couple of weeks around October/November and February/March anyway?!?
I mean: last week it was dark when I walked to work, and now it's light (vice versa walking home). But in a couple of weeks time it will be flipping pitch dark at BOTH times. So WHY switch the hours for the sake of a couple of weeks? Daft, I call it.
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