But this is impossible. The Constitution provides that
once we have fixed our weights and measures one time,
we can never come back to change to metric. So say
Elwell.
--- Duncan Bath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>
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