> > in a 1982 Florida law which I sponsored as the request of the Florida
> Metric Council. And we did start to phase in the dual signs. But a few
years
> later Governor Martinez tore them all down.
> >
> > I tend to think that doing the signs all in one weekend, as in Canada,
is
> probably a better plan. But, frankly, I'll dual or gradual rather than
> nothing.

One of the reasons that the signs were phased in over
Labour Day weekend was to coincide with the new
car model year.  All the new cars were sold with metric
speedometers and odometers.

Stephen Gallagher

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