hey all right there hello welcome back i am dan hagerty look at my fancy new little thing here
it's official they haven't spelled my name right uh hey we're here to discuss the news and i would
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email at dan wral.com like shannon who said my mother asked me to email you because the
way you say library is not always correct here's a video that may help here's a tip
to say longer more challenging words break them into parts or syllables yeah thank you thank you
i got it let's try lie berry library nailed it now i want to show you this picture i took in my car
this morning i took this at 9 16 a.m you'll notice that it's exactly one hour long where it will
remain for the next eight months until november 6th when we roll the clocks back to standard time
no i'm not lazy i just do enjoy doing the math okay plus i'm not the only one alone on this
journey to not like this don't pretend like the time change hasn't tripped you up this week an
osha report shows a 5.7 increase in workplace injuries after we spring forward in fact
it's more dangerous just getting to and from work you're more likely to be in a car crash and not
just with people according to this study from the journal of environmental management you're
more likely to hit a deer and what about these twins check out the headline second born twin is
actually older than brother thanks to daylight savings time twist it's confusing and you know
what else is confusing people magazine writing savings time which is incorrect it's supposed to
be saving time because we're technically saving daylight not savings daylight but i think we all
know which one feels better to say and if i seem irritated that's that's actually another one of
the side effects of changing the clocks recent polling showed that most americans 7 out of 10
dislike the twice a year time flops so the question is if we want to stop the flop
where should we keep the clocks standard time or daylight saving time now if you said standard time
no problem that's easy any old state can do that that's what arizona does that's what hawaii does
as well as american samoa guam puerto rico and the virgin islands parts of indiana did it until 2006.
they stay in standard time year-round they don't spring forward and subsequently never fall back
but if you want to stay in daylight saving time year-round which is what we're in now that is
when things get a little more complicated because of this the uniform time act of 1966. now this law
got all the states on the same page in terms of time telling everyone when to spring forward and
when to fall back now it does give an option for states to opt out of changing the clocks but if
they do they have to stay in standard time not daylight saving time no matter how hard they try
in fact all of these states have passed laws to stay in daylight saving time year-round north
carolina you may remember considered one last year but it's all for show they're just making a point
because regardless of their new state laws on clocks it's still against federal law but perhaps
not for long lots of us rubbed our tired little eyes in disbelief this week as we saw the
headlines coming out of washington u.s senate approved a bill to make daylight saving time
permanent the vote was unanimous that's right a group of people who can't seem to
agree on anything agreed on this unanimously i mean just listen to the way that democrat
kristen cinema reacted when marco rubio a republican asked to finalize the vote
and the senate will proceed madam president i ask unanimous consent that the rubio substitute
amendment at the desk be considered and agree to the bill as amended be considered right a third
time in passed and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table
is there objection without objection so ordered thank you madam president and uh as
double fist bump yes now before you hit purchase on that new pair of ray-bans you should know this
bill still has to pass the house go to the president's desk get his signature and since
this was all very unexpected no one really knows how either of them are leaning on this issue but
if it goes all the way and becomes law we will stay in daylight saving time all year starting in
2023 so what will that look like for you well most of the year you're really not going to notice but
when winter rolls around the sun will start rising later and later and later in the morning
you see typically in january when our days are the shortest the sun comes up around 7 25 a.m
sets around 5 15 p.m but if we're staying in daylight saving time if we don't roll back
the sun will eventually rise around 8 25 in the morning that's nearly 8 30 a.m and then
go down around 6 15. so we'll just wait and see what happens though you should know it
has happened before and it didn't last long i think this headline from the washingtonian sums
it up pretty well the u.s tried permanent daylight saving time in the 70s people hated it they used
a clipping from the washington post from january of 1974 showing kids getting off the school bus
in the pitch black for some reason parents aren't crazy about having their kids wait by the side
of the road in total darkness during winter go figure by october of that year the experiment was
over here's the new york times october 1st 1974 senate vote returns to standard time gerald ford
signed it and just like that we sprung back to springing back now i know what you're thinking
i can't believe this guy is still talking it's a good point i know how you feel it's your turn to
say something so please reach out tell me what is on your mind what should the news be paying
more attention to what should we do a better job explaining email me at dan at wral.com