Comments:DS4SEQ discusses daylight savings in Queensland with Wikinews

"Studies have suggested that, in the long term, Daylight Saving can reduce traffic accidents and road fatalities."

This is not true. In fact, exactly the opposite is true. In the long term, it increases the number of accidents, and it also increases the percentage of fatal accidents (basically this happens because the entire population becomes severely jetlagged all at once, twice a year. Yup, that's right, contrary to popular belief getting that extra hour of sleep also jetlags you, increasing the likelihood of accidents. Weird but true.).

I'm glad to see that they didn't try to say that "DST increases energy efficiency", because that's been disproven for decades. Yet people still drag that out and try and pass it off as the truth. DST increases energy use, overall. The energy savings in one part of the day are more than made up for by the increased energy use caused in other parts of the day.

In other words, DST is bad. It is bad for people's sleep patterns, and it is bad for the environment because it increased energy usage. Why anyone is dumb enough to support Daylight Savings Time I'll never know. Gopher65talk 16:10, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually a number of studies, including those by insurance companies, show that in the first week or so of daylight saving, there is a slight increase, but over the long term, it substantially decreases accidents and road fatalities. The reason: For most people, an initial adverse effect in their circadian rhythm occurs, due to the one hour changing in the time of the clock, however this would be felt for no more than a day or two. Then there is a decrease for the remainder of the months, as there is more daylight in the evening, increasing visability. Susan W