Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe LONDON, March 19 (UPI) -- Lawmakers in Britain are considering legislation that would advance clocks one hour during the winter and two hours in the summer. The Lighter Evenings (Experiment) Bill creates a three-year experiment in adopting Single Double Summer Time (SDST), beginning Oct. 29. Clocks would be advanced one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time in the winter and two hours ahead of GMT in the summer. The experiment would end Oct. 25, 2009. Advertisement The bill's supporters say moving the clocks forward could result in a reduction in road deaths, children being able to play outside, increased tourism spending and an increased chance of Britain winning the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Critics of the legislation say the effort is a pro-European plot to get Britain on Central European Time -- and that the measure could adversely affect farmers, milkmen and postal workers.
