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Switching UK time system 'could save lives'
Motorbike riders could benefit if officials decided to change the way the clocks go forward and back each year, it has been claimed.
According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), the number of roads incidents usually goes up once the clocks have gone back.
This may be down to the darker nights or riders struggling to adapt to frosty highway conditions.
An accident can have an effect on bike insurance policies, as cover companies will usually base their quotes around on driver's recent road history.
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Kevin Clinton, head of road safety for RoSPA, commented on how exactly this activity could be curbed.
He said: "Studies have shown that 450 lives and serious injuries could be saved each year if we stayed one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time in the winter and two hours ahead in the summer."
Official road safety statistics from the government show that there were 3,150 accidents resulting in deaths on roads in the UK over the course of 2006.
This number is down on the 3,201 people who died during 2005.
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