Daylight Savings Time

Last weekend, we changed our clocks and set them back one hour, as most of the country went back to Standard Time. Nearly a week later, I am still struggling to adjust to the change. While it does get light earlier in the morning, it is also dark when I go home from work. My kids do not even have 2 hours of daylight to play outside before it gets dark, and even worse, they are getting up earlier in the morning because of the extra sunlight. I would like to see the country adopt Daylight Savings Time for the whole year and make it the "new" Standard Time. As our country has changed from being an agricultural society to a consumer driven society, there are really no reasons that I can see to continue this annual practice of changing clocks twice a year. Studies have shown that more accidents occur the weeks after the time change happens as people struggle to adjust to the time change and sleep pattern disruptions. Some studies suggest that more energy could be saved due to a lesser need for lighting during the early evening hours. In fact, this is why Indiana switched to Daylight Savings Time permanently in 2005. Let's get a grass roots campaign going to get rid of Standard Time. Who needs it?