Marcus asked in USMA 19057 >I didn't even know CBC aired a program on the subject. Could our >colleague Joe provide us with details and a small summary of what happened >and the "mood" of the audience? Greatly appreciated. Thanks. > >Marcus > >On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 11:50:31 > Duncan Bath wrote: >>BTW, Joe Reid was on CBC Radio yesterday afternoon with a brief comment on a >>phone-in program on SI. >>Congratulations! >>Duncan
Geof Goodes of CBC phoned me, on Saturday I believe, about making a program about Canadian metrication. Apparently on his program on Sunday, yesterday,.he played a recording of our conversation I did not hear it. I suggested that the Labor Day weekend would be a good time for such a program because it would be the 25th anniversary of the weekend when all the speed limit signs in Canada were changed to km/h. I don't remember saying anything else noteworthy. I may have added that a professor of psychology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, predicted in August, 1977, that there would be carnage on the thruways when the speed limit increased from 60 to 100. In the event the change was a non-event; there was no jump in the death rate, probably because Canadian drivers don't pay much attention to speed limits. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
