From the Yorkshire Evening Post: >Thu, Dec 07, 2000 >END OF THE ROAD FOR THE MILE >BY PETERR LAZENBY > >IT�S enough to make any Europhobe apopleptic. > >Leeds took its role as European city one step too far for traditionalists >this week when a road sign appeared indicating that roadworks were 1 KILOMETRE ahead. > >Despite continuing integration with Europe, Britain has so far stuck to its own >measures of distance and any step towards adopting the system used in mainland >Europe is guaranteed to bring howls of protest from some quarters. > >So when the sign warning of roadworks 1km ahead (instead of the equivalent in miles) >appeared on the A58 near Wetherby, one leading Tory saw it as a taste of a >forthcoming >"European super-state." > >Conservative local government spokesman Nigel Waterson predicted widespread >unhappiness >among the population of Leeds over the appearance of the road sign. > >Leeds City council, owner of the sign, appeared unaware that it had unleashed fears >of >an end to British civilisation. It said the sign was one of a faulty batch which were >being collected for return to manufacturers. > >A kilometre is equal to around two-thirds of a mile. -- Chris KEENAN UK Metrication: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK Correspondent, US Metric Association
