Actually the AAMVA has a defined standard for height in both feet/inches or centimeters, and weight (they don't list it as mass) in either pounds or kilograms.
The standard is listed at: http://www.aamva.net/Documents/stdAAMVADLIDStandrd000630.pdf Stephen Gallagher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 8:35 AM Subject: [USMA:17241] Re: Driver's licences in Canada > Let Saskatchewan Government Insurance give the name of the standards body > and the number of the 'industry standard' that decrees that the foot and the > inch should be used in drivers licences and car insurance! I am sure, there > is none. But 'industry standard' sounds good enough to prevent people from > asking more questions! > It also seems that they follow American procedures, and hey presto, feet and > inches! > One could ask these agencies who critisized the design of the Saskatchewan > drivers licence, on what grounds their objections weren based. The American > one, the AAMVA, may have objected to the use of metric. > > Han > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, 2002-01-05 01:24 > Subject: [USMA:17199] Driver's licences in Canada > > There has been some discussion about driver's licences in Canada. Greg has > dug out the following information: > In a recent survey of the provincial driver's licence issuing bodies I > obtained the following information: > Saskatchewan and Manitoba are the only two provinces who still use feet and > inches on the driver's licences. Alberta does allow for either on their > licences, at least that's how it was when I held an Alberta licence 3 years > ago. > British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, Nunavut, and Northwest > Territories use metric heights. Yukon doesn't print a height on their > licence but keeps a metric height in their database. > Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island do not ask for height > and instead print hair and eye colour. > I've forwarded to you a very recent exchange I had with SGI (Saskatchewan > Government Insurance, the provincial Crown corporation that issues driver's > licences and insures all vehicles in the province). > They claim that it is the "industry standard" (my how I hate that excuse) to > use feet and inches. It seems to me the driver's licence "industry" in > Canada uses centimetres. > > greg > > Further information from Greg: > > Thank you for the inquiry Gregory. > The design of Saskatchewan's new photo driver's licence was critiqued by > CCMTA (Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators), AAMVA > (American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators), as well as various > Canadian Law Enforcement Agencies. The industry standard and more publicly > recognized unit of measure for a person's height is in feet and inches > rather than > in centimetres. This is why the decision was made to not use the metric > system. > > Curtis S. Mead > Supervisor > Customer Service Centre > > Gregory Peterson 01/03/02 01:24am >>> > I would like to know if SGI has made allowances for metric measurement of > individual height (i.e. metres or centimetres of height rather than, or in > addition to, feet and inches) on the new photo ID portions of > driver's licences. > > Gregory Peterson > Saskatoon SK Canada S7J 3S2 > > Joseph B.Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071 > >
