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Increased Number Of Pedestrian Collisions & Car Accidents After Daylight Saving Time Switch

Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour this weekend!!!!

WARNING: Please use caution as you adjust to the time change and earlier darkness.  According to a CNN report, pedestrians walking at dusk are three times more likely to be struck by a car than before the clocks moved back. 

The highest risk for pedestrians occurs around 6pm during the month of November. This risk decreases each month until May, when the spring time change and longer days cause pedestrian accidents to drop dramatically. Reports show that it is not the actual dark that causes these pedestrian car accidents, it is the drivers' adjustments to the earlier darkness.