On 3 February 2020, the Flemish Traffic Sciences Foundation in Belgium (Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde or VSV) is launching a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of ‘drowsy driving’. Sleepiness is one of the main causes of fatal traffic accidents. During the campaign, which runs until March 1, 2020, road users can do an online…
The European Parliament voted on March 26th this year in Strasbourg in favour of abolishing the bi-annual change in clock time. From Saturday 30th to Sunday 31st of March 2019, the clock will move forward by one hour to Central European Summertime, but from 2021 the parliament will no longer want these changes to take…
On November 7th, NTR presented a documentary FOCUS on the health risks of working at night and discusses possible solutions. In accordance with the reports of the Dutch Health Council 2015 and 2017, the most important point is to avoid working at night as much as possible. Roelof Hut from the University of Groningen and…
Chrono@Work is proactive in spreading scientific arguments for a thoughtfull decision on stopping summer/wintertime. Now that the EU recommends to end changing our clocks twice a year, each country has to decide what to do. The recommendation from the EU is based on years of discussions with and within the parliament and triggered by the outcome…
In the broadcast of 20 January 2018 Argos investigates the consequences of the night shift for hospital nurses. Sometimes the distress is so severe that nurses hit the pills. What do they do to keep going? What does this mean for patient care? In this episode of Argos, an intensive care unit nurse of the UMC…
