> Terry Simpson wrote in USMA 20774: > >> UK government statements used to be 'not until the majority of drivers >> have been educated in metric'. This implied 51% criterion might have >> allowed it to happen before 2009. But now it appears to be saying 'not >> until there is no longer a significant minority for whom the change will >> be confusing'. This implies that 51% is not a sufficiently high figure. >> >> Does anyone have any angles on this? > > > > In Canada the change to km/h was a non-event. > > Joseph B.Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 > And in Australia the change was also a non-event. The change was done over a weekend and there was no carnage as predicted by the naysayers.
Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia
