Anyone who drives with the need to calculate how far he is going every second should not be on the road. The needed calculation is one that even a dog could make as, for instance, when he catches a stick or a frisbee in mid-air. Duncan
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: November 14, 2001 20:05 Subject: [USMA:16182] Re: Preference for m/s >Speed in m/s has a safety aspect to it. It takes a typical driver one second to notice danger, remove foot from the gas pedal, place it on the brake pedal and apply a force. At the typical highway speed, the car has traveled 30 m in that one second (several car lengths for those not adverse in m). > >Posting speed limits in m/s could make drivers more aware of the safe distance. They might even find it handy: in 1 ks, they would travel 30 km. >Stan Jakuba >www.metric1.net/sijakub >
