A study estimated that up to 36,550 deer deaths, 33 human deaths and 2,054 human injuries could be prevented annually by halting the switch from daylight saving to standard time in the autumn.
Researchers from University of Washington found that thousands of deer could be saved in the U.S. each year by making daylight saving time permanent.A new study suggests that making daylight saving permanent would reduce the number of deer-vehicle collisions, potentially saving thousands of deer and dozens of human lives.
"We were surprised at the magnitude of the results," said Laura Prugh, an associate wildlife science professor at University of Washington who helped author the study. Researchers previously thought deer collision numbers might"balance out" more evenly with a later sunrise and an earlier sunset, Prugh told USA TODAY.Researchers analyzed more than 1 million deer collisions and 96 million hourly traffic observations and found that deer collisions are 14 times more frequent in the two hours after sunset than before sunset, according to the study.
Delaying the sunset could also save the country $1.19 billion in collision costs, according to the study. Wednesday’s findings come as the nation prepares to wind its clocks back by one hour early Sunday morning to shift to standard time, and amid a debate in federal government about
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