[Sundog]

It is called the Full Moon Phenomenon.

It hits the highways too.

It really is the reason Lunatic has Luna in the word.

When we are at a full moon, people really do go statistically nuts. Police logs have long since correlated the number of incidents and the phase of the moon, peaking when the moon is full.

Unexplained -- would do well for a PhD thesis in phychology.

[lodwick]

The lunar effect will also be confirmed by workers in the health-care industry...all the way from hospitals to full-blown nut houses, which get even nuttier during this phase.