2002-09-01 Any celebrations or news stories appearing in the Canadian press about the event 25 years ago?
And what ever became of the professor of psychology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario after his predictions were proved false? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-09-01 13:38 Subject: [USMA:22005] Kilometres > This is the 25th anniversary of the Labour Day weekend when Canadian > roads went metric. This was done by pasting a decal with the new > km/h speed limit on every speed limit sign in Canada.. The changes > were: > Old limit in mph New limit in km/h > 20 30 > 30 50 > 40 70 > 50 80 > 60 100 > 70 110 > > The highway distance signs were changed to kilometres during the > following year. > > Despite the dire prediction of a professor of psychology at Queen's > University, Kingston, Ontario, that there would be a slaughter on the > roads due to the new speed limits, there was no increase in > accidents, which may be due to Canadian drivers not paying much > attention to speed limits. > > Highways and speed limits are a provincial responsibility in Canada, > but all the provinces acted at the same time in this case. > > All new automobiles sold in Canada after August 1977 were required to > have speedometers reading in km/h and odometers in km. > > A favorite statement of the Director of Metric Commission Canada was > "Don't duel with dual". > -- > Joseph B. Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 >
