Is GMT over ?

[Decapitated!]

Just copied this from yahoo so credit to them

LONDON (Reuters) - A British politician is calling for the country to scrap Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and align its clocks with mainland Europe, in a bid to save energy and cut road accidents.
Conservative Tim Yeo put forward a bill, to be discussed in Parliament on Friday, proposing that Britain drop GMT for three years to assess the impact of the change. Environmental and road safety researchers say a better alignment of waking hours and daylight hours would reduce demand for electricity and save lives during the evening rush hour.

But a similar attempt between 1969 and 1971 prompted a wave of protests from farmers and other early risers about the additional hours of morning darkness.
Campaigners for the new bill said the previous experiment showed that many more lives were saved by the extra hours of daylight in the evening. Different work patterns and flexible office hours now mean the scheme stands a greater chance of success, they said.



ORRR http://uk.news.yahoo.com/25012007/32...nning-gmt.html

[:Hazel]

I dont understand how it would cut road accidents?

[GommeInc]

I dont understand how it would cut road accidents?

You're not alone... Is it because it would be lighter?

[the wombats]

You're not alone... Is it because it would be lighter?

yeah i think. i don't really care though i would prefer it to get dark later.

[GommeInc]

That's a stupid reason if it "/ Companies may descide to keep workers till later, which won't solve much.

[cocaine]

I wouldn't want to bike to school when its too dark

[GommeInc]

I#ve just had a thought. Can't they just wait till Summer is around?

[Decapitated!]

I#ve just had a thought. Can't they just wait till Summer is around?

Yeah i no! Why change it in winter..

Plus this is going to be a really bad problem for farmers.

[alexxxxx]

What they'll do is not change it back when it gets to changing your clock back. Or something like that. I think it's a good idea myself. Look at spain, they are south of us directly, but they are an hour ahead of us. Doesn't make sense.

[Caution]

Ohhhh, my Geography teacher was saying something about this, I think..
Pretty stupid imo.