Tag: sleep deprivation

Daylight Saving Time comes with an hour less sleep and added risks, say insurers

Julie Campbell
Daylight Saving Time - woman sleeping on table

Insurance companies are reminding consumers to take certain precautions this year. Daylight Saving Time causes many of us to grumble about losing an hour of sleep, but this year, insurers used the date to remind consumers of other potential risks. They are hoping people will take certain precautions to keep themselves, their families and their properties safe. Moving clocks ahead can come with greater hazards on the roads from sleep deprived drivers. Just one hour’s difference from Daylight Saving Time causes traffic accidents to spike every year at this time.…

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The impact of one hour of sleep on health care costs

Julie Campbell
EU auto insurance rates stress men male driver

Daylight savings time strips drivers of one hour of sleep, causing a surprising and costly result. One hour of sleep may not seem like a tremendous amount, but as the majority of the country grumbled over having to “spring forward” with daylight savings time, health care costs saw a notable, short term spike that will only repeat itself at the same time next year. Many studies continue to show that even one hour of sleep can have detrimental effects. At the same time that the majority of people do like…

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