It's been a very long time since I drove in Canada (BC). What I noticed was that the yellow, recommended speed thought the upcoming curve, really meant go that speed through the curve. Unlike ours in the US where they are very much advisory.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Tony Thigpen > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 11:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years? > > Too many things.... > > That context was with regard to driving in Canada and should have been > 100 KPM, not 100 knots. :-( > > Last time I was in Canada, we still were stuck with mostly 55mph limits > in USA while Canada seemed to have a standard of 100kpm so I equate the > two. > > My point was that I don't bother to convert. I just use the measurement > as presented. > > Tony Thigpen > > Pew, Curtis G wrote on 7/21/20 12:28 PM: > > On Jul 21, 2020, at 11:12 AM, David Spiegel <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> "... 100 knots is about 55mph ..." > >> Assuming you meant Kilometers/Hour (based upon the context), it's > actually 62.5 MPH. > >> > > > > Well, if the posted limit is 55 mph, 62.5 mph seems about the right speed to > go. 😉 > > > > But duck-duck-go tells me 100 knots is 115.078 mph, or 185.2001 km/h. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
