From: Stephen C. Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: June 2, 2001 09:59 Subject: [USMA:13326] What I would like a metric mandate to do. > >What I would like a metric mandate to do: > >As of specific date(s): > >All speed limits on US roads would be posted in km/h. > >All new cars sold in the US would have metric speedometers >and odometers (no ifp units). > >All distances on highway road signs would be posted >in metric only. > This could be an excellent SI 'project'. The rationale would be that [especially in a NAFTA environment] with SI already in place in Mexico and in Canada, it would make good sense to standardize North American highways. This would benefit drivers on either side of both borders who have occasion to drive in the other jurisdiction. It would simplify speed/distance instrumentation in vehicles both as to design/manufacture and as to use by drivers. It would simplify the production of road maps. There would be direct benefits as suggested above. But, there's more. Once metres and kilometres gain credence on the roads, there is a LOT more impetus to eliminate feet, square feet, acres, square miles etc. in the real estate community and in the Oil (and Gas) Patch. How can such a project be promoted? Duncan
