With the "fall back" time change this weekend in many parts of the U.S. to end daylight saving time, this article's safety perspective and stats are particularly relevant:
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Walk, bike, and drive safe, everyone.
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Fri Nov 2, 10:35 PM ET
WASHINGTON - After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars than before the time change, two scientists calculate. Ending daylight saving time translates into about 37 more U.S. pedestrian deaths around 6 p.m. in November compared to October, the researchers report.
Their study of risk to pedestrians is preliminary but confirms previous findings of higher deaths after clocks are set back in fall.
It's not the darkness itself, but the adjustment to earlier nighttime that's the killer, said professors Paul Fischbeck and David Gerard, both of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
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Walk, bike, and drive safe, everyone.