End of British Summer Time tonight

[RichardJW~]

Although a slight contradiction in terms given how it pee'd down this year....don't forget your clocks go back an hour tonight.

So what do you reckon? Should the time stay the same and leave us with some daylight in the evening, or carry on with this?

[nick lamb]

At least we get an extra hour in bed

[martyn williams]

The way things are going,I think we should all hibernate and hope for a good summer
Martyn

[Rolyd8k]

Yes Richard what summer
they should stop meddling and leave the time and clocks alone.

[Martyn Henley]

they should stop meddling and leave the time and clocks alone.

Safety campaigners, including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), have made recommendations that British Summer Time be maintained during the winter months, and that a "double summertime" be applied to the current British Summer Time period, putting the UK two hours ahead of GMT during summer. RoSPA suggest this would reduce the number of accidents over this period as a result of the lighter evenings, as was demonstrated when the British Standard Time scheme was trialled between 1968 and 1971, when Britain remained on GMT+1 all year. Analysis of accident data during the experiment indicated that while there had been an increase in casualties in the morning, there had been a substantially greater decrease in casualties in the evening, with a total of around 2,500 fewer people killed and seriously injured during the first two winters of the experiment. RoSPA have called for the two year trial to be repeated with modern evaluation methods. The proposal is opposed by farmers and other outdoor workers, and many residents of Scotland and Northern Ireland, as it would mean that, in northern Britain and Northern Ireland, the winter sunrise would not occur until 10:00 or even later.
So is it time to have different time zones in the UK ?

Martyn

[martyn williams]

GMT would be geordy mean time ,it always takes me a week to adjust to clock change.On dayshifts I get up at 0430 and get home 1900.Not bad in summer but winter time its crap.
Martyn

[bob]

or you could make schools and office workers start an hour sooner
Bob

[Robban_C]

The way things are going,I think we should all hibernate and hope for a good summer
Martyn

My alarm clock is set to 6 o´clock but I intend to go to bed now and set the alarm clock to "April".

[Martyn Henley]

Amazing how many people were about this morning at 7am
Takes a few days getting used to the new time

Martyn

[Col 140]

Roll on summer is all I can say

Col