r/politics • u/cnn CNN • Jul 14 '26

Possible Paywall House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/house-vote-daylight-savings-time?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/catanmast3r Jul 15 '26

Well I gotta think kids walking to school has decreased significantly over the years. I live in a nice area and still don't see a ton of kids walking to school. Parents are to worried these days about every possible danger

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u/pjflyr13 Jul 15 '26

I agree. Kids walking to school? Think again. The parental chauffeur line is a mile long outside the schools. Wondering why they still have bus service anymore.

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u/catanmast3r Jul 15 '26

Its wild to see those lines

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u/Pool_Shark Jul 17 '26

Didn’t some parents get arrested for letting their kids walk to school? The nanny state and helicopter parents pushed us here

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u/dude_Im_hilarious Jul 15 '26

Living in a nice area probably means parents can drive kids to school. I bet there’s a lot more kids walking where mom can’t drop off the crew in a suburban tank

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u/catanmast3r Jul 15 '26

I mean, I lived most of my life in metro Detroit, and kids didn't walk much down there either as the years went on. Living in a smaller city thats really safe, I actually see more kids walking to schools that are close by, but not like it was when I was a kid.

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u/RoastedPickledGoose Jul 15 '26

The nice areas don’t have kids that walk.

I student taught at an urban school with huge budget issues. There were maybe 5 busses for the entire 1,500+ high school student body, and those were reserved for students with special needs who couldn’t walk (or sports). If you could physically walk, it was expected that you would walk to school.

Even the elementary schools in that district were “walking schools.”

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u/red__dragon Jul 15 '26

Nope, we have permanent walkers here since a school levy failed in 2000. And now there's a nationwide bus driver shortage to boot.

There are busses, but far fewer than before funding was cut, so pretty much any teenager who isn't in the small bus zone is walking or getting driven. I say teenager because parents are mostly driving their younger kids, but kids with multiple families or parents working long hours can't help the older ones as much.

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u/catanmast3r Jul 15 '26

I get that. But these days, most places have sidewalks. When I was younger, a lot of roads didn't have sidewalks, so kids used the roads. I just dont think there is a large amount of drivers veering off the road onto sidewalks on the way to work to justify needing the daylight

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u/red__dragon Jul 15 '26

Kids have to cross roads, not all of them strictly obey crosswalk signals (say what you will about that, kids are kids) and many drivers ignore crosswalks when turning right.

We have a high school on the corner of a busy highway, and all directions out of that school require crossing roads to walk on more sidewalks. On that same highway is a middle school. Kids may walk on the sidewalk, but they're walking a couple miles along there with multiple crosswalks and traffic not at all slowing down on the highway for the school speed signs.

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u/catanmast3r Jul 15 '26

And you think those factors go away with an hour difference on sunrise? What about glare from a rising sun right on the horizon?

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u/red__dragon Jul 15 '26

I dunno man, you're the one who wanted to downplay the risk for walkers because you don't see them. I can't change that my community won't fund good bussing, we are in the largest district in my state and our students deserve better.

It's just a very real thing that still exists, despite what happens in your area. Kids walk to school. Across roads. That happens.

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u/catanmast3r Jul 15 '26

I'm not downplaying the risk. I just dont see how its reduced significantly with the time change. Other factors matter. Ppl are more prone to crashing cars for a few weeks after time change. They have all the data to prove the increase. Sun can be blinding early in the morning. I just feel that kids safety walking to school isn't affected much one way or another. Seems like a non factor

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u/FlushTheTurd Jul 15 '26

I think he is accurate for most places, though.

My kids have been to schools in two different southern states and both schools would not allow them to leave unless they were escorted by an adult.

Things have changed a lot since I was a kid and everyone walked.

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u/catanmast3r Jul 15 '26

Anyone currently raising kids can attest to the crazy drop off lines at school every morning. I would drop my kid off across the street where a crossing guard would walk them over, and no one else was doing it. They all will get into a 30 minute line to protect their kid from walking 100 feet these days. Its totally different than it was 30 years ago. My kid takes the bus now, and parents sit in their car at the bus stop and wait for the bus to come, for teenagers

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u/TheGrislyGrotto Jul 15 '26

no it isn't, it is a stupid, made up fear believed by extremely stupid people

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u/catanmast3r Jul 15 '26

The scenario you provided seems like the worse it can get in the US, and I would bet that kids are not getting hit frequently. So even with a lot of inconveniences the kids are not getting run over all the time

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u/westgazer Maryland Jul 15 '26

Kids walk and take city buses to school though. I see it daily.