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Comment by chrisseaton | Hacker News Reader

> makes it hard on school children and parents who have to wait at the bus stop in dark hours of the morning

I can't even understand what is 'hard' about it?

It's a bizarre "con": Pros: better health, less accidents fewer deaths during the switch, etc. Cons: it's "hard" on some kids and parents to wait for the bus in the dark which they already do anyway, just now it's for a few more weeks.

Seems a no brainer.

Con: more accidents in winter time because it's harder to become awake if it's still dark than stay awake if ut becomes dark. More accidents of children if they have to walk to school or the bus. The pros refer only to the elimination of the switch but not to the permanent implementation of the DST. Standard Time would be the better choice.

Montgomery County, Maryland, is quite prosperous, but wishes its school buses to make more than two runs per day. So the high school students are out at the curb early in the morning, since nobody wants the elementary school students out in half-light. The high school students--who would prefer to sleep in--are groggy from lack of sleep, the elementary school students--who wake early--have an extra hour at home to do nothing in particular. I don't know what the story is with the middle school kids.

I commuted to college long ago one winter with DST. I did not enjoy it. I'm not sure I'd have enjoyed it even living on campus.

> since nobody wants the elementary school students out in half-light

Lol why? What do they think happens at half-light?

Adding adequate street lighting near bus stops really isn't that hard.

Possibility of crimes in dark hours in crime-prone regions? It's hard to imagine if you don't experience it where you live.

is the one time of the day when every child and parent on the street is standing outside together really the best time to commit a crime, dark or otherwise?

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