Daylight savings time; starting March 9th, our clocks will spring forward one hour. Even though the U.S has participated in this event for over a century it should be abolished. 

Essentially, we are losing an hour of sleep and therefore some of us might need to reconsider what time is the best for sleeping in order to ensure a healthy sleep cycle. 

A study by Current Biology looked at 700,000 car accidents from the mid 90s to 2017 and found that in the week after daylight savings time occurred there was a six percent increase in accidents.

WJPS 12th grader Vanessa Arellano stated, “Losing an hour of sleep is awful because I already find it difficult falling asleep on time.”

A study by Open Heart has shown that there is an increase in heart attacks the day after daylight savings time hits. This study concluded that a disruption in people’s sleeping cycle can cause stress and increase the chances of other health events.

WJPS 12th grader Maya Guadarrama said, “I think daylight savings time isn’t necessary because It just puts people into cranky moods knowing they will lose an hour.”

“The alarm clock” by Szift is licensed under CC BY 2.0.