The clocks spring forward this weekend: pros and cons
Posted Mar 7, 2014 7:43 am.
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We lose an hour of sleep this weekend when we switch to Daylight Saving Time early Sunday morning.
However, a professor at the University of British Columbia says the time change saves lives in the long term because people are driving home when it’s light out.
However in the short term, studies have snown workplace and car accident deaths go up seven per cent in the three days following the switch.
One U.S. expert figures the American economy will lose $430-million due to heart attacks, workplace accidents and cyberloafing as people adjust.
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