A few days ago time in the United States was delayed by one hour in different zonesc (ET, MT, PT and CT). Every year the inhabitants of the country get used to such a change during the winter.
The same leads to them continuing to develop their daily routine, but with a slight difference in their hours. However, when driving, the situation can be a little more dangerous for both drivers and animals, especially deer.
According to a study published Current biology, Within a week after the time change, the risk of running into this animal on the road increased by 16%.
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Washington, who concluded this increase. In fact, they claim that if the schedule does not change from summer to winter, there will be 36,550 fewer road accidents involving reindeer.
And if that wasn’t enough if there was no corresponding clock change, 33 human lives could have been saved, more than 2000 injuries could have been prevented, plus $1.2 billion in collision costs, according to study researchers.
Thus, the compelling data from the study Current biology determined that the change in time increases the number of accidents between cars and reindeer by up to 14 times two hours after sunset. It has to do with the customs of animals sticking to their “customs” without knowing what is going on, obviously with the changes or trends that humans are following.
Reindeer traffic accident data
On average, there are about 2.1 million deer-vehicle collisions in the United States every year, resulting in about 59,000 human injuries, 440 deaths, and more than $10 billion in economic damage.
Source: La Opinion
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