>>>>Add 1/2 hour to standard time in spring (or subtract 1/2 hour in fall), and then never reset the time again. My idea was fairly popular, but of course the old system is not easy to change, it takes an act of congress or a national emergency...
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>>>Is my mind playing tricks on me or wasn't there a year or two back in the '70s when we stayed on daylight savings time? Something to do with the energy crisis.
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>>Your exactly right, I vaguely recall it, as well as the long lines to fill up around that time. My almanac notes that this was 1974-75, that was the national emergency that they used to do it (now why did they change back to resetting clocks if it saves energy to stay on one time system?)
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>The reason given for returning to standard time for autumn and winter is the saftey of school children waiting for buses in the dark. Kids sometimes wander in the streets at the bus stops, don't always look before crossing, and often wear clothes difficult too see in the dark from a car. And there's always the problem of kids just getting snatched; we've had that locally in one area of the city for about 2.5 years and still haven't caught the snatcher. Fortunately, all the kids (at least reported cases) have gotten away, but the snatchers activity increases as it get darker around school bus time. Otherwise, I'd prefer to stay at daylight time year 'round.

Yes, I've heard that reasoning before, and it has a point. I'd prefer standard all year round myself, it's light late anyway in summer. But my 1/2-hour compromise idea is geared to save some energy, create reasonably safe conditions, and spare us all the semi-annual time changes. I recently read a study that showed that many driving accidents were blamed on the time changes...