To: The Texas State House, The Texas State Senate, and Governor Greg Abbott
End DST in TX
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Put a stop to the dangerous practice of Daylight Savings Time and its negative consequences in Texas.
Why is this important?
"Spring Forward" is associated with
*an increase in heart attacks.
*an increase in traffic accidents, many of which are fatalities.
*an increase in on-the-job accidents, many of which are heavy equipment accidents.
*an increase in suicides.
*an increase in risk of being hit or assaulted for students waiting for school buses in the darkness.
*an increase in insomnia/sleep deprivation for children and adults.
*difficulties of parents to get children to go to bed with it light outside.
*difficulties of teachers who try to teach to sleep deprived students who do poorly on schoolwork and tests.
*difficulties in adjusting animals to new feeding schedules.
*payroll nightmares of businesses.
AND
Year round DST is not an affordable/timely option. IF Texas passed a bill for year round DST, TX would be in violation of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which permits states to opt out of DST but does not permit states to opt out of Standard Time. Going 30 mins either way is against this act too. Texas would suffer penalties from the Dept. of Transportation, like losing all federal funding for highways. A Congressional Authorization "might" be possible, but that battle would take years and years and years. The only timely/affordable option to end time changes is to opt out of DST.