GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – A recent study is raising questions about how permanent daylight saving time could affect children’s safety on their way to school.Researchers estimate that keeping clocks on daylight saving time year-round could result in more than 2 billion additional school commutes in morning darkness nationwide each year. In 14 states, they estimate the change would add about 356 million days of dark-morning travel with children compared with the current system.Researchers also examined nearly a decade of national crash records. They found that fatal crashes on dark mornings had 77% higher odds of involving a pedestrian than fatal crashes after sunrise.Horacio de la Iglesia, a University of Washington biology professor, raised concerns about children going to school in the dark.“I think that you can ask anyone in the US whether they’d be willing to let kids go to school in the dark, and the fact is that nobody will tell you,” Iglesia shared. “That, or that they don’t care.”Feel more informed, prepared, and connected with FOX Carolina. For more free content like this, download our apps.Copyright 2026 WHNS. All rights reserved.
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