The fall time change, when Daylight Saving Time ends, doesn’t see a similar threat to drivers, according to accounts. An October 2014 study from the University of Colorado (Boulder) saw a 17-per-cent rise in traffic deaths in the U.S. CBC reports a similar uptick in Manitoba, which saw 20 per cent more collisions in the spring of 2015.Ĭollisions can be deadly. on the first Monday after the spring time change increased by 23 per cent from 2005-2009. WATCH BELOW: 9 DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME FACTS THAT WILL KEEP YOU UP TONIGHTĪccording to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, collisions in B.C. The number varies according to jurisdiction, but it's measurable, and definitely linked to the time change. In practice, that means more collisions on the roads. That lost hour in spring makes for bleary-eyed drivers, especially those who didn’t take advantage of the weekend to adjust their sleep schedules. Getting there the Monday after the switch carries its own problems, according to the research. So that six per cent increase in injuries amounts to a whopping 67 per cent increase in days of work lost – all from just that one Monday.Īnd aside from those measurable effects, the researchers claim the lost hour also just made people lousier workers (and bosses), noting they became “less ethical, less morally aware, more prejudiced and more apt to engage in abusive supervision.”Īnd that’s just when they got to work. In a dangerous job like that, a serious injury can put a worker out of commission for weeks or months, if not end their career altogether. They found a six per cent spike in the number of workers who were hurt on the job the Monday after the time change.ĭon’t let the relatively low percentage fool you. The same researchers behind the cyberloafing study took a look at workplace injuries in the mining industry as well. Potentially life-threatening when you’re working in trades.
What it comes down to is a marked lack of attention to a task at hand. Writing in the New York Times, the researchers reported that for every hour of sleep lost, workers in their study spent about 20 per cent of their time on a task cyberloafing (We’d love to see the Facebook data on this). One study, for example, found a marked uptick in “cyberloafing” – basically, wasting time online at work rather than doing your job. It’s not reasonable to expect an artificially bleary-eyed workforce to perform at its usual level the Monday after the time change, and most people wouldn’t be surprised at what the science says. IT (TEMPORARILY) TURNS US INTO LOUSY WORKERS economy around $434 million.Īnd if you drill down in the science to the level of the average worker, you'll find plenty of terrible individual effects as well. A 2013 study found the lost hour cost the U.S. A subsequent study found power costs from lighting went down in the evenings, but rose in the mornings, negating any savings.Īs well, there's a measurable productivity hit in the immediate aftermath of the change. In Australia, meanwhile, the 2000 Summer Olympics prompted some parts of the country to extend Daylight Saving Time, while others kept it the same. The result: Higher electricity bills, as the longer day meant residents ran the AC an hour longer. Unfortunately, that might not actually be the case.Īccording to National Geographic, Indiana provided a great before-and-after case study when Daylight Saving Time was implemented across the state in 2006, where before it was only observed in some locations. IT DOES BAD THINGS TO THE ECONOMYįrom thrifty Ben Franklin, who thought changing clocks would save on candles for part of the year, to wartime planners who advocated it as an energy saver in the First World War, the bottom line of Daylight Saving Time was always to save money or resources. Here are four terrible effects of Daylight Saving Time to mull over before it ends in the fall. The switch isn't universally popular, and according to science, Daylight Saving Time may actually be harmful. Timekeeping is considered a provincial and territorial responsibilityĪfter the time change, it'll be a little darker in the mornings, and the sun will seem to set later, giving us a little more daylight in the evening.Daylight Saving Time is observed in around 70 countries.Observed in all of Canada with some exceptions, including most of Saskatchewan.Clocks 'spring forward' one hour at 2 a.m.Once again, Canadians are set for their twice-annual bout with chronological confusion, with clocks set to spring forward at 2 a.m.
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