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Turning back the clock creates danger for pedestrians

November 29, 1999 By admin

It’ll soon be much more dangerous to do go walking along Iowa’s roadways.This is the weekend we set our clocks back an hour, and statistics show thenumber of pedestrian fatalities will quadruple during November.Mike Erwin is spokesman for the Insurance Information Institute. He says thenumber of pedestrian deaths during daylight savings time is usually 25 orless each week nationwide, but it’s expected to hit 100 deaths a week duringstandard time. Erwin says Iowa drivers may need to use that “extra” hour of sleep they’llget Saturday night for the added edge to avoid getting in wrecks. The Iowa Fire Marshal’s Office recommends when people change their clocksback an hour to also change the batteries in their smoke detectors.

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