--- cellular qwerty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The legal text of road sign regulations are almost
> > fully metricated apart from references to
> > information
> > visible on the face of the sign.
> 
>There appears to be an error in the draft Traffic
>Sign regulation. It uses metric measures throughout
>except for the following definition of
>'abnormal transport unit':
>
>"(a) a motor vehicle or a vehicle combination- 
>(i) the overall length of which, inclusive of the
>load (if any) on the vehicle or the combination,
>exceeds 61 feet 6 inches; or 
>(ii) the overall width of which, inclusive of the
>load (if any) on the vehicle or the combination,
>exceeds 9 feet 6 inches"
>
>Nitpicking and perhaps unimportant to the public,
>but since the regulation is a draft, it may be
>possible to get it changed. I pointed this out
>in a phone call (along with other comments about
>the draft e.g. the problems of the
>abbreviation 'm') but got the impression that
>my comments were not going to be heeded.

Sorry, forgot the link:
http://www.roads.dtlr.gov.uk/consult/traffic/regulations/06.htm

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