GtD: How can it possibly be more difficult to see pedestrians in half-light than in no light at all? And as for working parents having to take their children to school by car, that's something I would have found impossible once they were at secondary school - it was in the opposite direction to my work. In any case I have to set off for work before the children set off or else the roads are too congested.
    My wife remembers being issued with reflective armbands when permanent British Summer Time was tried. I remember having to cycle to school in the dark, and I can't for the life of me see how this improved my safety. I certainly wouldn't have wanted my children to have to go out by themselves in the dark from the age of 11.
    If Britain were to go onto Central European Time (I think this is what these people propose) I would have to set off to work in the dark for more than six months of the year. (Anyone who thinks I'm unique should look at the M62 near Brighouse at 7:30 in the morning.)
If that is going to improve my safety I'm a monkey's uncle.