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Sounds like a done deal, right?

Sadly I’m here to tell you why it’s not going to happen.

A person being woken up in the morning, reaching for the alarm clock

At least, not any time soon.

The increased danger of traffic accidents involving children going to school on dark winter mornings.

The two-year experimentonly lasted until October 1974, when the clocks went back as usual.

Two children walking to school on a dark winter morning

This decrease was skewed, however, by the introduction of new laws on drink-driving around the same time.

Sorry, Alaska), because you’re a lot further south.

Don’t hold your breath, basically.

Woman in bed reaches across to her alarm clock