adopting year-round daylight saving time in the US would add 2 billion school commutes in darkness Unless you did the obvious thing and adjusted the school and work hours. Why isn’t that being considered? It’s not like it was some rule handed down on a tablet that work must start at 9am and school must start at 8:30 or, whatever time it is that kids go to school in your particular local area. If it’s safer to wait until after the sun is up to send the kids to school, then start school later.