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Hi everyone I am going to try and post a message I
sent to the anti metric group in Ireland about metric speed signs on their
roads. I don't know if it will work. To whom it may concern. My
name is John Mercer, I live in Langley British Columbia Canada about 60
kilometers east of the city of Vancouver. I just read
your posting on your web site about metric speed signs on Irish roads. In Canada we went metric on our roads on Sept. 1 1977. There was know problem with the change from miles to kilometers, because at the same time any new car sold in Canada had to have a metric speedometer. I don't know why people get so upset about changing from imperial to metric, I am 54 years old and was educated and raised in imperial. I have know problem with the metric system. I found it interesting what you said that people don't understand metric. Well before metric came in to Canada people didn't understand it either. Before the metric speeds came in, nobody thought in kilometers atall. There was know panic on the roads or more accidents because of metric speeds. Irish people are just as smart as the peple of any other country that has gone metric, i feel they can except it just as well as any other nation. If I were an Irish person and somebody told me that I couldn't except the metric system I would be offended. Thanks for your time. |
