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Originally Posted by normtwofinger
Well friend, I wonder how we can find out? Google, news, newspaper, looking at the sun as it sets, etc. 9:35pm btw, which is ironic being after the proposed 9pm cutoff.
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Yes you can find out. That took you some time did it not? Probably a similar amount of time as perhaps slowing down from 50km/h to 30 km/h for a block or two? Probably longer (for 1 km the difference is 48 seconds). And you get to do that everyday. And that's if you are a conscientious citizen looking to be within the law every day when you drive home. Most are simply going to guess and guess wrong.
And let's not get into that is the sunset time in Calgary. What if you have a visitor from Lethbridge? He thinks the sun is going to set at 9:24 because that was what he read in the morning before visiting the city. Anothe level of added and unnecessary confusion. What isn't confusing is a sign that say 7:30am-9pm. a sign that is consistent across a municipality.
And as you point out 9:35 pm tonight (for Calgary). 9 pm suddenly looks pretty damn good. It's almost as if it might be a reasonable time when it comes to those younger kids prone to the most carelessness/running into roadways will have a reduced presence in those areas.
I'd wager there are some that have spent/wasted more time posting and reading this thread then the time of theirs that would be "wasted" over an entire year due to this change.
Did people have this issue when Calgary and other cities went from morning, noon and afternoon school zones to a set time that encompassed entire school day from start to finish?
Currently I live in a municipality that has different times for different school zones and different playground zones. They have electronic signs that flip over at certain times of day. Some don't. Some are a constant time range. Some are simply constant 24 hours a day. And while as a vigilant driver you see the signs and adjust accordingly it is easy to make a mistake, or not quite catch the time frame/or process the time frame quick enough etc etc etc. A constant time would be a fantastic improvement.
And to be clear my kids were outside last night well after dark...you can't catch fireflies otherwise! In the winter they are out after dark as well because, well, we don't really get winter
That said they right now are younger so will have an adult or older teenager with them but as they get older that chaperone won't be present. Even though I know they will likely do some stupid stupid stupid stuff. Like I did.