the ones I've seen weren't b/w, they were dark yellow, dull yellow
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 2:30 AM
Subject: [USMA:22791] RE: A new system


> Wizard of OZ wrote in USMA 22780:
>
>
> >  > The Canadian Metric Association urged that Canada should adopt the
> >>  international road signs, but to no avail.  However the compromise
> >>  that the government adopted saved the expense of replacing square
> >>  signs with round ones.
> >>
> >
> >the square ones look pretty ulgy with this dark yellow/orange and that
> >obligatory km/h bar beneath! (probably for stupid Americans)
> >
> >as I entered Canada by car from the US there was a big sign informing
about
> >metric speeds
> >
> >somewhere in niagara falls or after it
>
>
> What do you mean: "dark yellow/orange"? .Canadian speed limit signs
> are black and white,just like American ones.  The Province of Quebec
> has warning signs before dangerous curves.  They have a light brown
> background and the last figure is a 5.
>
> Joseph B. Reid
> 17 Glebe Road West
> Toronto  M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
>

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