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Originally Posted by WaldoKitty
This won't happen. The USA experimented with permanent DST for ~18 months in the 1970s. Problem was that it was so dark in the morning during the winter that a number of school kids got hit by cars while tying to get to school. For that reason, they abandoned it and went back to the system we have now though the dates have been changed a few times.
If it changes back to year round time, it will be standard.
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Sorry, but I was going to school at that time. Thats just an urban legend. It worked fine. No kids were getting hit by cars. It was a temporary measure due to the 1973 oil embargo. Once that was resolved Congress reverted back to regular Daylight Saving Time. It wasn't a fail. It was no longer needed for the original purpose.
Polls show that the majority of people like Daylight Savings Time and would support staying on it year round. A lot of people support ending Daylight Saving Time too, but not as many. So if it's going to happen it will have to be year round Daylight Saving Time.
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