NJ Lawmakers Push To End Twice Yearly Clock Changes, Here’s What We Know

So, how many of your clocks are still wrong right now?

Since daylight saving time ended, I have a car clock, a kitchen clock, and a bedroom clock that are all displaying the wrong time.

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Should New Jersey Get Rid of Time Changes?

Wouldn't it make more sense if we just got rid of the time changes and stayed in daylight saving time permanently?

I think so, most people I know think so, and now, the New Jersey legislature thinks so as well.

NJ Lawmakers Push to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

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According to Shore News Network, there are currently people working within the New Jersey legislature to make daylight saving time permanent in the Garden State.

No longer would we have to worry about time changes, the sun setting before 5 PM in the winter, and then having to lose an hour come the springtime.

Why So Many New Jersey Residents Want This Change

Between you and me, I'm all for this.

I hate having to change my clocks twice a year. I hate having to lose an hour of sleep in the spring, only to then take three weeks to adjust to the new schedule, and then have to switch everything back again come fall.

What’s Stopping New Jersey From Making It Official?

However, New Jersey can't just forgo the time change all at once.

It looks like Jersey could make daylight saving time permanent IF the Federal Government were to permit it.

The Health and Safety Benefits of Staying in Daylight Saving Time

There are enough benefits to not observing the end of daylight saving time that it really should just be year-round.

Once we spring forward, we see an increase in heart attacks, vehicle collisions, and a slew of other health problems, so why wouldn't we want to stop that?

Also, and I reiterate, the sun setting before 5 PM is incredibly depressing.