Tom Wade wrote in USMA 20770: A second problem is given the virulent anti-motorist thinking >infecting many government bodies at the moment, the temptation will be to >take advantage of the changeover and lower all the speed limits (in much the >same way as certain unscrupulous merchants hid price rises in the euro >changeover). This would have the effect of making metrication unpopular with >the motoring public.
When speed limits in Canada were metricated over the Labour Day weekend 60 MPH was usually changed to 100 km/h, and 65 MPH became 110 km/h. No objections, and the slaughter predicted did not occur. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
