Reference the message from Phil Chernack below, This amendment changes the language of Table 2 to read``MPH, or MPH and km/h''. Which would agree with the "Law" below. I would imagine that a law would take precedence over a "rule" published by the NHTSA (National Highway Transportation Safety Administration). I would read that there is no justification in any rule requiring you to replace a km speedometer with one reading in miles as the primary display, as long as both units were displayed. Otherwise it would contravene the clearly worded law below.
United States Code Title 15 Chapter 6. Sec. 204. Metric system authorized It shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/205a.html Michael Payne > [Original Message] > From: Phil Chernack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 22/9/03 09:13:24 > Subject: [USMA:27029] Definitative Answer on U.S. Fed rule on km/h on Dashboards > > To All, > > Straight from the FMVSS 101 ruling: > A technical correction was issued in 2000 to "fix" the problem with the rule that stated the speedometer could display "MPH and/or km/h" which could have the result of a manufacturer putting MPH, km/h or both. The intent of the rule was to mandate MPH and allow MPH-km/h at the descretion of the manufacturer. This correction fixes that. > > http://hazmat.dot.gov/97_2718.meetingnotice.pdf > > Strange, coming from a government who has stated in law that SI is the "preferred" system of measurement. My biggest problem is that any manufacturer who uses MPH exclusively dooms the auto to being useful in the US or UK only. Even then, the UK requires both. > > Phil --- Michael Payne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
