Generations of ALaska schoolkids have walked to school and the bus stop in the dark. I was one of them. Our mothers would sew relective tape to our jackets and send us on our merry ways.
Here in the summer, you don’t have to save daylight, you can’t get away from it. Even here in the southcentral area, it never gets all the way dark at solstice. Now if they could some daylight for December, I’ll vote for that!
Generations of ALaska schoolkids have walked to school and the bus stop in the dark. I was one of them. Our mothers would sew relective tape to our jackets and send us on our merry ways.
You don't have any choice in the matter when you live in the land of the midnight sun... doncha know... LOL ...
But, in the lower 48, where we're not that close to the Arctic Cirlce where (north of there) the sun never rises (at one time of the year) and the sun never sets (at another time of the year) -- so, we get some "choice" in avoiding darkness for the kids and their safety ... :-)