It's time to change the time change.
ICBC says there is a 16 per cent increase in late afternoon crashes in the two weeks after fall time change, compared to the two weeks before the change.
So stop changing the time.
With dusk now settling in over Prince George by 430 during the first week of November, thanks to Sunday's time change, drivers anxious to get home after a long day at work pose a risk, as do tired drivers running on fumes and the 3 p.m. coffee break a distant memory, because they're doing it in the dark.
With the time change, most commuters (yes, even in Prince George, we see a morning and afternoon rush hour - make that a rush 15 minutes) now drive to work in the morning in the daylight, when they're rested and alert but drive home in the dark, cranky and beat.
Our cousins in Chetwynd and Dawson Creek seem to be fine not making the time change. Prince George would not only manage but likely benefit by not following the herd when it comes to messing with our watches every spring and fall.
