On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:54:26 -0600, Gregory Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Here's the CBC web news. Note the exclusive use of km in the article. > >Maybe this is something you can pass onto the BBC? > >greg > >http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2000/10/17/train_001017 Today's reports threw up some interesting items. Firstly, I was very pleased to see the Independent giving the statistics for the Intercity 225 entirely in metric (though the speed was only reported as 115 mi/h). Dimensions are given in metres to 3 decimal places, but most pleasing/surprising was the fact it gave the power as 4530 kW, with no mention of HP. the front page story (probably available at http://www.independent.co.uk) included "Steven Wilson, 22, was cutting grass in a park 20 metres from the track...'came to a halt about 40 metres from me'". Later: "The rest of the carriage...lay 200 metres further back..." Unfortunately, among this was also the phrase "careering a few hundred yards", and the p3 report used "300 yards south of Hatfield station". http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Transport/2000-10/derailed181000.shtml http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Transport/2000-10/investigation181000.shtml More surprisingly, the Daily Mail (a right-wing, reactionary tabloid, slightly up-market of the Sun) referred to the name deriving from its speed in km/h, and actually used metres in one of the graphics! Chris -- Metrication information: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK legislation, EC Directives, Trading Standards links and more
