San Diego Gaslamp Falls Back for Daylight Savings
Pictured is San Diego’s Gaslamp in its early days. Modern day Gaslamp Quarter plays host to Fallback Festival (Nov.5, 2017.) It’s a fitting tribute to the era in which Daylight Savings Time or DST was introduced. Activities include pumpkin seed spitting, bubble gum blowing, pie eating and all things old-fashioned.
Some of us think it’s time to get rid of Daylight Savings Time, which happens on November 5, 2017 at 2 a.m., then March 11, 2018 and November 4, 2018.
Daylight Savings Time
1. Daylight Saving Time leads to less sleep and more injuries on the job, according to published findings in Journal of Applied Psychology.
2. Our bodies may never adjust to the new time.
3. The time change reduces the duration and efficiency of sleep.
4. It could result in more heart attacks.
5. There is an increase in suicide risk for vulnerable individuals.
6. There are no signficant energy savings, said the National Bureau of Standards.
7. Negative behavioral effects are seen in children during the days following daylight savings switches.
8. The one hour time change, even adding an hour of needed sleep, can be detrimental to the brain’s delicate circadian clock, according to studies.
9. Judges tend to give defendants longer sentences the day after switching to daylight savings time compared with other days of the year, according to research published in Psychological Science journal.
