The largest ever study into the effects of the transition to Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the United States estimates that abolishing it would prevent about 28 fatal car accidents a year.
The new findings appear in the journal Current Biology. One of the arguments for putting the clocks forward by 1 hour in spring and back again in fall is that it saves lives on roads.
The rationale is that ensuring lighter conditions during the evening rush hour makes driving safer. Scientists have linked the spring transition to DST to a variety of problems, however, including increased risk of heart attack, workplace accidents, and suicides.
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