Getting Used to the Times

Hi everyone. It's important to know, now that we have "fallen back" an hour for Daylight Savings Time, that it gets dark a little bit sooner in the evening. That's no big deal, except that people walk at the same time as they did the day before the change, when it was a bit lighter.

A recent article in Yahoo News said that; "After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars than before the time change, two scientists calculate." This may be just a calculation, but it makes a lot of sense, and all the more reason for us to make sure that our children are alert and aware of the situation.

"The risk for pedestrian deaths at 6 p.m. is by far the highest in November than any other month, the scientists said. The danger declines each month through May," the article went on to say, and the number of pedestrian fatalities decreases after November, each month until May, too when the situation for evening walking is reversed. So, wear bright or reflective clothing, stay in well lit areas, and make sure that there is a healthy margin between oncoming traffic and where we are walking. Let's make this a safe November.