I have e-mails from banks some of whom piously state that their standard date format is dd/mm/yyyy while others, ,just as seriously, state that their standard date format is mm/dd/yyyy. These people would seem to have no notion of the real meaning of 'standard'! Duncan
-----Original Message----- From: Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 5, 2002 17:13 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 >
