Should daylight saving time be abolished permanently?

Daylight in the evening is a public safety tool. Study after study finds robbery and assault drop when the evening commute happens in daylight rather than darkness. Shifting an hour of light to the morning helps almost nobody: kids are in school and adults are at desks either way. But that same hour in the evening puts joggers, trick-or-treaters, and commuters in visible, safer conditions. Researchers analyzing crime data have estimated permanent daylight time could prevent tens of thousands of robberies a year. The sleep researchers pushing permanent standard time, like the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, are optimizing for one variable while ignoring how people actually live. If we abolish the switch, keep the daylight where it protects people: the evening.