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Crashes Double After Clocks ‘Fall Back’ For Daylight Saving Time, Warns AAA Crashes Double After Clocks ‘Fall Back’ For Daylight Saving Time, Warns AAA
Crashes Double After Clocks ‘Fall Back’ For Daylight Saving Time, Warns AAA As the hour to "Fall Back" for Daylight Saving Time arrives, experts are warning that the time change causes an increase in crashes. Crashes double after the time change, AAA says. AAA compared 2018 data with the number of motor vehicle and pedestrian-related crashes in the two weeks before and after daylight saving time ended. Eastern Standard Time takes effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 and runs through March 8, 2020. Drivers and pedestrians alike should beware of the 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.weekday "witching hour,”  AAA says. “Driving in the dark poses many more hazards so drivers…

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by Joe Lombardi