On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:21:18 +0100, you wrote: >> Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>The only legal requirement is >>that they show mph - no mention of including km/h, > >The following European Directive has been included into UK regulations: > >"In the case of a speedometer manufactured for sale in any Member State >where imperial units of measurement are used, and where transitional >arrangements in accordance with Article 5 are in force, the speedometer >shall be marked both in km/h and in mph (miles per hour) ; the >graduations shall be of 1, 2, 5 or 10 km/h and also of 1, 2, 5 or 10 mph >and the values of the speed indicated on the dial shall be multiples of >20 km/h and multiples of 20 mph." > >http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXn >umdoc&numdoc=375L0443&lg=EN
I misread the Construction and Use Regulations (and was probably influenced by car mags which stress that the speedo must be converted to mph). You're quite right, that mph is in addition to the km/h. > >It is also legal to import, into the UK, a European vehicle with a >metric-only speedometer. >http://www.britishembassy.dk/PressPR/pressvehicle.htm I don't think so. See http://www.roads.dft.gov.uk/vehicle/sva/pi5/02.htm#01 I'm happy to be corrected, but it seems likely that even vehicles over 10 years old will still need converting. Chris -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
