The Debate on Making Daylight Saving
Time Permanent is Back in Congress
The debate over making daylight saving time permanent is back in Congress but did you know we've already tried it and Americans actually to go in 1974 Congress began a 2 year experiment to keep daylight saving time permanent and stop Clocks from moving but the experiment was reversed after only 10 months when it became clear it wasn't workingAt the time the idea to make daylight saving time permanent started as a potential solution to the ongoing energy crisis with experts thinking additional sunlight in the evenings of the Winter months would help but extra light in the evening means extra darkness in the morning
When kids headed to school and parents started their morning commutes in January 1974 it was pitch black with the sun not rising until 8:30 AM or later in areas across the cafe waited at the bus stop were struck by cars and died in Florida the state's governor tried to change only florida's clocks back but the effort failed
One Month into the trial one of the bill's CO authors was "d in The New York Times as saying the time to admit a mistake is when you've made 1 he even admitted that the policy probably wasn't even saving energy as parents started driving their kids to school and rather than allowing them to walk in the dark
Public support collapsed in December of 1973 79% of American surveys supported to change
By February 1974 it was down to only 42% in August 1974 the same month president Richard Nixon resigned over Watergate the house voted to repeal the law and the senate followed soon after in October president Gerald Ford signed it and 3 weeks later Americans rolled their clocks back like they've been doing for decades before and we've been doing for decade sense
Now 50 years later as politicians once again contemplate tinkering with time but the outcome be any different perhaps it's all cases would be careful it would
Spring ahead' for Daylight Savings Time
It might be feeling a bit more tired this morning as we Spring forward the cow is life here in the studio with why we have this annual exercise Heath
Clocks in the United States moved headed 2 AM early this morning and while we all lost some sleep the reason for this change daylight savings time is the period between the 2nd Sunday and March and the 1st Sunday November
When clocks are set to be an hour ahead of standard time almost of the country observes Spring forward it is not observed in Hawaii and most of Arizona along
And there has been momentum within the US senate to pass a reform bill that would make daylight savings time permanent across the country fires If the advocates also use the twice a year time change as a reminder for people to test their smoke detectors and change their batteries