Group pushing to switch Ind. to Central Time

CARMEL, Ind. – A group that wants to move all of Indiana into the Central Time Zone is asking state legislators to reopen the time debate.

Members of the Hoosiers for Central Time Coalition said they are contacting legislators and school superintendents, arguing that going to Central Time would improve safety for children by having more daylight when they are going to school.

Coalition spokeswoman Sue Dillon of Carmel said she became involved in the effort after a 15-year-old Carmel High School student was fatally hit by a bus during a dark morning.

Dillon says she knows legislators are reluctant to reopen the time debate.

That debate peaked in 2005 when the Legislature adopted statewide daylight saving time. The state now has 80 counties in the Eastern time zone and 12 on Central time.