scholarly journals Daylight saving time can decrease the frequency of wildlife–vehicle collisions

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 20160632 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Ellis ◽  
Sean I. FitzGibbon ◽  
Benjamin J. Barth ◽  
Amanda C. Niehaus ◽  
Gwendolyn K. David ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Simple Model ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Traffic Patterns ◽  
Phascolarctos Cinereus ◽  
Vehicle Collisions ◽  
Daylight Saving Time ◽  
Daylight Saving ◽  
Southeast Queensland

Daylight saving time (DST) could reduce collisions with wildlife by changing the timing of commuter traffic relative to the behaviour of nocturnal animals. To test this idea, we tracked wild koalas ( Phascolarctos cinereus ) in southeast Queensland, where koalas have declined by 80% in the last 20 years, and compared their movements with traffic patterns along roads where they are often killed. Using a simple model, we found that DST could decrease collisions with koalas by 8% on weekdays and 11% at weekends, simply by shifting the timing of traffic relative to darkness. Wildlife conservation and road safety should become part of the debate on DST.

scholarly journals Spring Forward; Don't Fall Back: The Effect of Daylight Saving Time on Road Safety Christian Bünnings and Valentin Schiele

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Christian Bünnings ◽  
Valentin Schiele
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Light Conditions ◽  
Current Time ◽  
Daylight Saving Time ◽  
Daylight Saving ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Time Regime ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Effect Of Light

In this paper, we analyze the effect of light conditions on road accidents and estimate the long-run consequences of different time regimes for road safety. Identification is based on variation in light conditions induced by differences in sunrise and sunset times across space and time. We estimate that darkness causes annual costs of more than £500 million in Great Britain. By setting daylight saving time year-round, 8% of these costs could be saved. Thus, focusing solely on the short-run costs related to the transition itself underestimates the total costs of the current time regime.

Roo the day: evaluating the ShuRoo for prevention of macropod-vehicle collisions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Bender ◽  
G. Coulson
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Average Distance ◽  
Rebound Effect ◽  
Vehicle Collisions ◽  
The Road ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
On The Road

ABSTRACT Collisions between vehicles and macropods pose problems for road safety, animal welfare and wildlife conservation in Australia. We tested the ShuRoo, which is marketed specifically to deter kangaroos from approaching vehicles. We recruited 18 fleet operators with vehicles travelling consistent routes over long distances in rural areas: 59 vehicles fitted with ShuRoos and 40 vehicles without ShuRooss to act as controls. Drivers kept a log of collisions with macropods over an average distance travelled of 46,131 km. The overall mean rate of collisions with macropods was 1.16 per 100,000 km, with no significant difference between vehicles with a ShuRoo (1.32 ± 0.51) versus those without the device (0.68 ± 0.39). Drivers have the capacity to change their behaviour as a coping strategy to the presence of wildlife on the road, but risk a rebound effect if they believe the ShuRoo manufacturer’s claims and do not modify their driving behaviour to match the context. Rather than retro-fitting an ill-conceived device like the ShuRoo, an integrated, inter-disciplinary approach is needed to resolve the pervasive problem of macropod-vehicle collisions.

Shedding Light on Daylight Saving Time

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Farrell ◽  
Vijay Narasiman ◽  
Marvin Monroe Ward
Keyword(s):  
Daylight Saving Time ◽  
Daylight Saving

Impact of Extended Daylight Saving Time on national energy consumption

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Belzer ◽  
Stanton W. Hadley ◽  
Shih -Miao Chin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Daylight Saving Time ◽  
Daylight Saving

scholarly journals Driver Liability Assessment in Vehicle Collisions in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1475
Author(s):  
Almudena Sanjurjo-de-No ◽  
Blanca Arenas-Ramírez ◽  
José Mira ◽  
Francisco Aparicio-Izquierdo
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Self Organizing Maps ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Vehicle Collisions ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Visual Clustering ◽  
Open Question ◽  
The Impact

An accurate estimation of exposure is essential for road collision rate estimation, which is key when evaluating the impact of road safety measures. The quasi-induced exposure method was developed to estimate relative exposure for different driver groups based on its main hypothesis: the not-at-fault drivers involved in two-vehicle collisions are taken as a random sample of driver populations. Liability assignment is thus crucial in this method to identify not-at-fault drivers, but often no liability labels are given in collision records, so unsupervised analysis tools are required. To date, most researchers consider only driver and speed offences in liability assignment, but an open question is if more information could be added. To this end, in this paper, the visual clustering technique of self-organizing maps (SOM) has been applied to better understand the multivariate structure in the data, to find out the most important variables for driver liability, analyzing their influence, and to identify relevant liability patterns. The results show that alcohol/drug use could be influential on liability and further analysis is required for disability and sudden illness. More information has been used, given that a larger proportion of the data was considered. SOM thus appears as a promising tool for liability assessment.

scholarly journals Daylight saving time does not seem to be associated with number of percutaneous coronary interventions for acute myocardial infarction in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Derks ◽  
◽  
S. Houterman ◽  
G. S. C. Geuzebroek ◽  
P. van der Harst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Acute Myocardial Infarction ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Control Period ◽  
Daylight Saving Time ◽  
Daylight Saving ◽  
Percutaneous Coronary ◽  
Acute Mi

Abstract Background In multiple studies, the potential relationship between daylight saving time (DST) and the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (MI) has been investigated, with mixed results. Using the Dutch Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) registry facilitated by the Netherlands Heart Registration, we investigated whether the transitions to and from DST interact with the incidence rate of PCI for acute MI. Methods We assessed changes in hospital admissions for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-STEMI (NSTEMI) undergoing PCI between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2018. We compared the incidence rate of PCI procedures during the first 3 or 7 days after the transition with that during a control period (2 weeks before transition plus second week after transition). Incidence rate ratio (IRR) was calculated using Poisson regression. Potential gender differences were also investigated. Results A total of 80,970 PCI procedures for STEMI or NSTEMI were performed. No difference in incidence rate a week after the transition to DST in spring was observed for STEMI (IRR 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.87–1.03) or NSTEMI (IRR 1.04, 95% CI 0.96–1.12). After the transition from DST in autumn, the IRR was also comparable with the control period (STEMI: 1.03, 95% CI 0.95–1.12, and NSTEMI: 0.98, 95% CI 0.91–1.06). Observing the first 3 days after each transition yielded similar results. Gender-specific results were comparable. Conclusion Based on data from a large, nationwide registry, there was no correlation between the transition to or from DST and a change in the incidence rate of PCI for acute MI.

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