--- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is a typical cop out. What they are trying to > say is they hope the > public never gets use to metric in their lifetime.
It certainly is avoiding the issue. We now have the situation where one part of the UK Department of Transport disagrees with the other on whether measurement systems are relevant to bridge strikes. There are regulations for bridge height indication and for vehicle height indication. The road sign regulation group thinks that there is significant hazard if the HGV driver and bridge use opposing measurement systems. So will see some dual imperial/metric bridges in the UK to eliminate the hazard. The vehicle construction regulation group does not think there is a significant hazard. Apparently bridge strikes are mostly local drivers and signs often are irrelevant. It will remain merely optional to have metric height indications in the cab. Therefore UK vehicles travelling on the continent can have imperial-only height indication in the vehicle cab. The civil servants that I spoke to appeared unconcerned about a conflict between the two departmental policies. Surely administration of hazards cannot be divided up like this? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/
