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0:00 · The courtyard
Eight in the evening. Everyone is back home, and tomorrow they set off early.
Eight in the evening in a courtyard: people come home, and tomorrow's alarm is already set early.
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Online · version of 03.10.2026 · on our channels on 12.11.2026
The 24 Hours
The time you start sets the time you sleep. And that matters when you drive, too.
It is eight in the evening, people come home to the courtyard, and tomorrow's alarm is already set early. The school timetable is set by a calendar, not by the sleep of those who attend. Danner and Phillips followed a county school district in Kentucky that pushed the start of lessons back by an hour: average night-time sleep went up and weekend catching up went down. In the two years that followed, the crash rate of the county's teenage drivers fell by 16.5% against the two previous years, while in the rest of the state, over the same period, it rose by 7.8%. Nobody had taught them to drive better: they had slept a little more. The hour you start decides the hour you sleep, and that shows on the road.
In the video
- 0:00The courtyard
0:08The calendar
0:15One hour later
0:24The comparison
0:33An hour more
0:39The message
Details 54 s · 9:16 · four languages · generated images, voice and music, declared as such · 2026-10-03 · Drive Awake
What helps
At home the lever is the hour the evening starts, not the hour of bedtime: coming home late means falling asleep late. For a teenager with a new licence, the night before counts more than any advice. And the school start time is a decision that can be discussed, not something to be endured.
The video explained
5 scenes, with notes and sources
0:08 · The calendar
School starts when the timetable says it does, not when the students have had enough sleep.
The school timetable is set by a calendar, not by the sleep of those who attend. The waking hour comes from outside.
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In Kentucky, when the school bell was pushed back by an hour, crashes among young drivers fell by sixteen per cent.
Danner and Phillips, 2008: a county school district in Kentucky pushed the start of lessons back by an hour, and questionnaires before and after show average night-time sleep up and less weekend catching up. In the two years after the change, the crash rate of the county's teenage drivers fell by 16.5% compared with the two years before.
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Over the same period, the crash rate in the rest of the state rose by eight per cent.
In the rest of the state, over the same period, the crash rate for the same ages rose by 7.8%. It is that comparison that makes the fall readable.
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0:33 · An hour more
They hadn't learned to drive any differently. They'd simply had some extra sleep.
Nobody had taught those teenagers to drive better. Over the same period they had slept a little more. The study observes the two together; it does not isolate the cause.
Watch this passage (0:33) →The text, in all four languages
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line 1 0:01
IT
Le otto di sera. Si rientra nel cortile di casa, e l'indomani si riparte presto.
FR
Huit heures du soir. On rentre dans la cour de la maison, et demain on repartira tôt.
DE
Acht Uhr abends. Man fährt in den Hof ein, und morgen geht es früh wieder los.
EN
Eight in the evening. Everyone is back home, and tomorrow they set off early.
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line 2 0:09
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Sull'orario della scuola decide un calendario, non il sonno di chi la frequenta.
FR
L'horaire de l'école est fixé par un calendrier, pas par le sommeil de ceux qui la fréquentent.
DE
Den Schulbeginn bestimmt ein Kalender, nicht der Schlaf derer, die hingehen.
EN
School starts when the timetable says it does, not when the students have had enough sleep.
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line 3 0:16
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In Kentucky, campanella un'ora più tardi: il tasso di incidenti tra i giovani conducenti è calato del sedici per cento.
FR
Au Kentucky, sonnerie une heure plus tard : le taux d'accidents des jeunes conducteurs a baissé de seize pour cent.
DE
In Kentucky begann die Schule eine Stunde später: Die Unfallrate junger Fahrer ging um sechzehn Prozent zurück.
EN
In Kentucky, when the school bell was pushed back by an hour, crashes among young drivers fell by sixteen per cent.
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line 4 0:24
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Nello stesso periodo, nel resto dello stato, era salito dell'otto per cento.
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Dans le reste de l'État, sur la même période, il a augmenté de huit pour cent.
DE
Im Rest des Bundesstaats stieg sie im gleichen Zeitraum um acht Prozent.
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Over the same period, the crash rate in the rest of the state rose by eight per cent.
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line 5 0:33
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Nessuno aveva insegnato loro a guidare meglio. Avevano dormito un po' di più.
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Personne ne leur avait appris à mieux conduire. Ils avaient dormi un peu plus.
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Niemand hatte ihnen besseres Fahren beigebracht. Sie hatten etwas mehr geschlafen.
EN
They hadn't learned to drive any differently. They'd simply had some extra sleep.
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line 6 0:40
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L'ora in cui si comincia decide l'ora in cui si dorme. Anche per chi poi guida.
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L'heure où l'on commence décide de l'heure où l'on dort. Même pour qui prendra la route.
DE
Wann der Tag beginnt, entscheidet, wann man schläft. Auch bei denen, die später fahren.
EN
The time you start sets the time you sleep. And that matters when you drive, too.
Transcript
- 0:02 Eight in the evening. Everyone is back home, and tomorrow they set off early.
- 0:09 School starts when the timetable says it does, not when the students have had enough sleep.
- 0:16 In Kentucky, when the school bell was pushed back by an hour, crashes among young drivers fell by sixteen per cent.
- 0:25 Over the same period, the crash rate in the rest of the state rose by eight per cent.
- 0:34 They hadn't learned to drive any differently. They'd simply had some extra sleep.
- 0:41 The time you start sets the time you sleep. And that matters when you drive, too.
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Sources
- Danner F, Phillips B. Adolescent sleep, school start times, and teen motor vehicle crashes. J Clin Sleep Med 2008;4(6):533-535. PMID: 19110880 obs
2026-10-03 · Drive Awake