Daylight Savings Time in Effect Sunday

We set the clocks ahead on Sunday, which means you lose an hour of sleep.  Are you a fan of the longer days and more sunlight?

A new survey from PEMCO, asked people how long it takes them to adjust to the time change.

  • 24% of people who say they adjust right away with no issues

  • 21% of people say it takes three to five days

  • 19% say it takes one day

  • 16% say it takes two days

  • 17% of us, it takes a week or more

The survey also found 63% of people would be ok getting rid of the time changes and just keeping things the same all year long.

Another survey from VOX, also found a few ways that the time change can affect us.

1.  One study found that on Mondays after the time springs forward, hospitals see a 25% increase in heart attacks.

2.  There’s an 8% increase in traffic accidents in the days after we lose an hour of sleep.

3.  A study found that on the Monday after the shift to Daylight Saving Time, employees were wasting time on the Internet at work.

4.  In a study, people’s cortisol levels rose when the sunrise time was pushed back an hour.  On average, there was a 5% increase in stress levels.

5. A group of psychologists found that judges were more likely to give harsher sentences after losing an hour of sleep.   ???????????????


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