Neil Herron of the Metric Martyrs has also won a small and hollow victory
against Sunderland city council by bringing to light apparently illegal road
signs that read in metres and kilometres. The ones that read in kilometres
signposted the way to a tiny village near Sunderland and their 'illegality'
I feel is open to question as this is a 'restricted' road and therefore some
doubt as to whether they are covered by regulations for the Queens highway.
As it is, the council were embarrassed into removing these signs and
replacing them with the imperial equivalents. The signs that read 'Public
Footpath - Old Burdon - 1 1/2 km' were replaced with 'Public Footpath - Old
Burdon - 500 yards. The signs in question had stood for more than a quarter
of a century without (to my best knowledge) a single complaint from anyone.
His hypocrisy is, of course, staggering!! He lambasts the council for
breaking the law, then actively encourages other people to break the law.
The story was only reported mainly in our local press and received very
little national attention. It is apparent that they are having great
difficulty keeping this cause in the public eye. The November appeal is no
doubt a last ditch attempt to get this stupidity back into national
prominence and garner public sympathy again. I call it stupidity as they
risk losing thousands of pounds if their appeal fails, which it almost
certainly will.
Regards,
Steve.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 7:43 PM
Subject: [USMA:14961] Re: ENGLAND
> I wrote:
> > A lawyer would make mincemeat of your argument. If I pay you, in my
house,
> > with counterfeit currency, I am breaking the law. If, within my house,
you
> > and I agree that I will sell you a pound of something for an agreed
price
> > and we follow through with the transaction (using legal
> > currency), no law is broken.
>
> I should have added, "unless what I'm selling you is either a controlled
> substance or something that is not mine to sell." <g>
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> Roseville, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
