"Anne B" wrote in message
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I agree with you, Anne, in asking Tudor not to tar everyone with the
same brush but for a different reason. I also endured the British
Standard Time experiment and hated it. Even down in this neck of the
woods, I found myself driving driving to work and going home in the dark
during the middle of the winter.
That is exactly what happened to me in GMT, and the main reason why I hate
reverting to GMT. I never saw daylight, other than through an office
window, from Sunday afternoons to Saturday mornings between the start of
GMT and about the beginning of March.

It's said that it's safer for schoolchildren to cycle home from school
in the light
The trouble is that when the hours of daylight are shorter than the school
day, they either have to cycle/walk to school in the dark or cycle/walk
home from school in the dark. I would have thought that they are more
likely to be alert in the mornings and better able to avoid accidents than
after a day's hard work at school when they are tired and de-mob happy.

I think I remeber reading somewhere the the RoSPA had calculated that
sticking to BST would actually reduce the number of deaths and injuries
compared with reverting to BST, even in northern parts of the UK. If that
is so, how can reversion to GMT possibly be justified?

but first of all, why not get them to have lights on their
bikes? When I last checked this, 69% of cyclists here did not use any
lights when cycling at night.
Quite. And I also think that any motorist involved in an accident with
someone wearing dark clothes on an unlit bike at night should be presumed
innocent. As it is, even if the cyclist is not obeying the law by
displaying a light, the motorist automatically gets the blame.

I'd say we should ditch the whole "daylight-saving-time" idea and stick
to GMT.
I'd say, obviously, the complete opposite! We should do during the
hours of darkness what can be done indoors, and save the hours of daylight
for things that need to be done out of doors.


Roll on Scottish Independence when the Scots can do as they wish. If I had a
vote I'd vote for independence as it makes sense for such a large country.
Come on Nicola!

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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