On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 09:25:56 -0800, you wrote:
>On 2000-11-05 at 15:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>> +Brighton & Hove Council was forced to cover road signs because the
>> distances were measured in metres.
>
>This seems strange to me. When I was in Britain a few years ago, I
>heard metres being used in speech all the time, including my older
>people that I would ask directions of.
>
>And while official road signs are in yards, almost all the private
>signs erected along the highways are in metres, so it would be hard to
>argue that drivers are not used to seeing metres on road signs.
You're absolutely right, of course, Jim - and this is why I want to
get the ball rolling to force a change in these ludicrous laws. I'll
bet very few people realise that it is actually completely illegal to
include metres on any distance sign, even to accompany yards (this was
even news to Anne Attlee when I told her recently). I think I
mentioned the local court case recently where the sentence was passed
using metres. Even our Highway Code gives the separation of street
lamps in metres, braking distances in metres as well as yards,
regulations regarding acceptable reading distance for drivers in
metres...duh!
Chris
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