Since 0.6 mile is about 1 kilometer, and 1.2 miles about 2 kilometers, could these signs actually be soft conversions from metric to U.S., somehow for the benefit of visiting Canadians? For people thinking metric, why didn't the signs just read 1 km and 2 km? Strange.
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 2:54 PM Subject: [USMA:30006] Decimal "proto-SI" road signs seen > Hello All, > > Last week I drove from Fairbanks, Alaska down to Palmer (about 60 km north > of Anchorage) for several equine experiential learning (EEL) sessions. > > Along the highway and in the various communities, I noticed a large number > of road signs that gave distances to locations in decimal miles, which is > unusual in the US. Interestingly, they did not give the units (miles, of > course) that one almost always sees on other road distance signs which use > fractional miles (Example: "Exit 1/2 Mile"). These signs read like: > "Campground 1.2" and "Post Office 0.6". If US motorists can comfortably use > decimal road distance signs, then kilometer road distance signs using the > same format will also be readily understandable to them. -- Jason > >
