Dark afternoons are more dangerous in traffic than dark mornings because people are less tired and more alert in the morning. DST has more daylight during waking hours so permanent DST all the way.
I've lived with both schemes all my life and only the changeover is a rough spot. Life is livable each way. I have 8-hour days in winter and 16-hour days in summer. I've never heard of there being seasonal trends in auto accidents. Or in northern Europe, which has even more pronounced swings. Frankly, in my view, compared to the effect of latitude, complainers about Daylight Savings Time or Standard Time are just whiners.
I'm in Northern Europe, we get about 6 hours now and 18.5 in the summer, and I'd still prefer year-round DST. We tried permanent standard time for a few years and everyone complained about early summer sunsets so it was changed back to switching back and forth.
While winters are dark either way, DST would allow us to experience the full extent of precious twilight and daylight while awake and evenings after the workday would be lighter. Daylight before and during work hours is wasted anyway.
Dark afternoons are more dangerous in traffic than dark mornings because people are less tired and more alert in the morning. DST has more daylight during waking hours so permanent DST all the way.
I've lived with both schemes all my life and only the changeover is a rough spot. Life is livable each way. I have 8-hour days in winter and 16-hour days in summer. I've never heard of there being seasonal trends in auto accidents. Or in northern Europe, which has even more pronounced swings. Frankly, in my view, compared to the effect of latitude, complainers about Daylight Savings Time or Standard Time are just whiners.
I'm in Northern Europe, we get about 6 hours now and 18.5 in the summer, and I'd still prefer year-round DST. We tried permanent standard time for a few years and everyone complained about early summer sunsets so it was changed back to switching back and forth.
While winters are dark either way, DST would allow us to experience the full extent of precious twilight and daylight while awake and evenings after the workday would be lighter. Daylight before and during work hours is wasted anyway.