WSBT found a problem that seems to be associated with Daylight Saving Time that the Indianapolis Star seemed to miss in its glowing report on the issue.
Police say Daylight Saving Time is making it harder to enforce the city’s curfew, and more kids are getting into mischief. Property crimes, like car break-ins and petty thefts are the kinds of things they’re seeing.
Officers say it may be harder for kids to keep track of the time now that it stays light for so long.
Even though it’s light — the time of day is late — a lot of people have to work the next morning,†said Capt. Phil Trent of the South Bend Police Department. “So a lot of parents are going to sleep and the kids are still up and out, and we’d like make parents aware of the fact that they need to keep their kids inside.â€
Doug- Expect the next wave of DST complaints to be in reaction to the extra-late starting times for fireworks displays.
The Fishers’ Freedom Fest had its’ display tonight, and it didn’t start until 10pm… and the sky still had blue in it!
June was DST “happy time” and my impression is that DST lost. I base this on folks I know who were looking forward to DST, and are now complaining about sleep problems. Mike is correct when he says the 4th will mark the beginning of loud complaints. I expect the complaints to become a chorus come October.
I can only hope so Paul. I’m still waiting for that gutless wonder MMB who personally screwed over St. Joe county on the time zone issue to have a townhall meeting up here. I myself refuse to change my clocks to illegitimate. The only thing is I’ve got to go to work at 5AM instead of 6. Major pain in the a__.