I read Adrian's reply first and inadvertently replied to it.
Here's my reply again.
Apart from a misspelling of policy in the final paragraph (you have
"polity"), it looks fine. It's not something your spell checker would catch,
as polity is a real word.
Good luck.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Michael D. Payne
> Sent: November 06, 2000 07:50
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9027] Insurance
>
>
> I sent the following to State Farm Insurance. I would appreciate feedback
> on how this looks.
>
> Dear Sir or Madam:
>
> I would like you to update the way State Farm states coverage for covered
> vehicles. Your Auto Renewal policy states: to work or school not more
> than 100 miles weekly. Driven 7500 miles or less annually, Etc.
>
> I wish to inform you that 3 of my vehicles have odometers that display
> distance in km and speedometers that have the primary display in km/h.
> Any future vehicle I purchase will have similar displays.
>
> In 1975 Congress passed the metric conversion act, promoting voluntary
> conversion to the metric system. In accordance with Section 3 of the
> Metric Conversion Act of 1975, and US Code: Title 15, Section 204, I
> shall be using only km on my present and all future vehicles. I would
> therefore like State Farm to include kilometer information on the
> distances stated in my polity. There are 3 legally defined miles (source
> NIST Special Publication 811) in use in the United States, your policy
> does not stipulate which applies. There is only one legal definition of
> the kilometer, also stated in the above document.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
>
> Michael D. Payne
>
>
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