John, I have emended Wikipeida pages in the past and might be able to do
so here. Do you have a citation for your assertion regarding UK law? If
so, I will try to emend that page and to affix the proper citation.
Jim
On 2013-12-12 14:36, j...@frewston.plus.com wrote:
Actually, in the UK it is the law to quote acceleration times as 0 to 62
mph (= 100 km/h), so it is ONLY the USA that uses 0 to 60 mph.
John F-L
-----Original Message----- From: Ressel, Howard (DOT)
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 8:25 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:53430] RE: 0 to 100 km/h Performance Measure for
Automotive Acceleration
I agree, we Americans tend to be a bit arrogant and thing that the only
way is the US way.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On
Behalf Of cont...@metricpioneer.com
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:19 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:53429] 0 to 100 km/h Performance Measure for Automotive
Acceleration
My co-worker recently recounted to me her discussion with a car salesman
who claimed that 0 to 60 mph is the ONLY performance measure for
automotive acceleration used worldwide. He told her this during a
discussion in which she was telling him about her co-worker (that's
me) who advocates United States metrication. The salesman was arguing
that the US should keep its worthy standards because of their worldwide
use. I did a little poking around on Wikipedia and discovered that the
time it takes to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph is a commonly used
performance measure for automotive acceleration in the United States and
the United Kingdom. In the rest of the world 0 to
100 km/h is used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_to_60_mph so the car
salesman was just making it up. I think many Americans tend to make
things up or just assume things based on their limited experience.
Educate yourselves and be prepared to educate your fellow Americans so
we can complete American metrication one person at a time.
David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
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