2002-02-23 Next time you are in the area, be sure to bring a can of spray paint. If that sign still exists, spray it out. If the BWMA vandals can do it to metric signs in Britain, you can do it to FFU signs in France.
And if you get caught, then you can be a true metric martyr. I hope now that the metric martyr's case was won by our side, you will use the opportunity on your next visit to Ireland and Britain, never to use FFU again. Use only SI and claim ignorance to FFU. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-02-23 03:38 Subject: [USMA:18373] Re: Privatisation of British road network > Scandalously, last year I saw a 20 mph speed sign in the FRENCH Channel > tunnel terminal on the approach road towards the train. It should be > removed! I hope that I won't see it this summer. > > Han > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Duncan Bath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 2002-02-22 21:12 > Subject: [USMA:18343] Re: Privatisation of British road network > > > With car ferries and, now, the Chunnel, it would seem to make good sense > for > road signs, vehicle instrumentation, road maps etc. in the British > Isles to > be harmonized with those on the continent. This would have safety and > economic benefits. Of course, on the safety front, there is that > [insurmountable?] issue of driving on the same side of the road. THAT is a > tough one! > The question of the U.S. changing over to SI highways is a similar > proposition. Some have worried that 'harmonization' would mean Mexico and > Canada adopting a non-standard set-up. Reasonable people would not propose > such a move. > Duncan > > <snip> > >
