Why is the UKMA allowing this to happen?
Euric
Recent Demetrications - Signs of
Professionalism
June 27 2004 at 9:37
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Tony
Bennett
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To illustrate both the extent to which amendments by
supporters of ARM are increasing nationwide, and the technical quality of
the amendments, here is a short list of some recent actions to render
illegal metric signs lawful, which you may come across:
1. Scotch
Corner, 200 yds north of Scotch Corner Hotel on A1: 'Weighbridge 200m
ahead' changed to 'Weighbridge 200 yds ahead'
2. Lock on the River
Nene, Denford, Northamptonshire: large sign '11.2 kilometres per hour'
changed to '7 mph'
3. Entrance to country park in east Bedford
changed from '2.0m' to ' 6' 6" '
4. Oak Street, Accrington: four
large blue-and-white signs 'Weak bridge ahead 30m' changed to 'Weak bridge
ahead 30 yds'
5. Sowerby, near Thirsk, north Yorkshire, road over
low bridge just under A 19: 'Width restriction 400m ahead: 3m' changed to
' Width restriction 1/4 mile ahead: 10' 6" ' [this was to comply with
another sign on the same road, nearer the actual old stone bridge, which
said that the width restriction was actually 10' 6"]
6. Sign at the
southern end of the village of Geddington, Northamptonshire: 'Width limit
2.1m in 400m' changed to ' Width limit 6' 6" in 1/4 mile ' [6' 6" was
chosen (rather than 6' 9") to co-ordinate with a sign at the northern end
of the bridge which said that the width limit was 6' 6"]
7. Wooden
footpath signs along the River Lee Navigation in the Picketts Lock area,
north London, amended from metric to Imperial
8. Cast iron
black-and-white fingerpost signs outside Christchurch Priory, Dorset,
amended from metric to Imperial.
THE ARM Gazetter of demetricated
signs now includes over 2,300 known demetrications. It is available by
e-mail or hard copy from our Information Officer
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