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Quick conversion has been the recommendation within
the US Government since the 1970s only The Congress would not go along with
it. Gasoline pumps had mechanical computers and most cars on the road at
that time did not have metric speedometers and odometers. Now in 2004
that's changed.
It's now possible to convert to
metric quickly since all cars (Except for those built before 1980) have
metric speedometer and odometer indicators and gasoline pumps can be converted
with a flip of a switch.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:12
PM
Subject: [USMA:28961] metric speeds
Hello i was reading messages this evening and
there was a posting about if speeds and gasoline went metric in the States
there would be more resistance. As i have said on this list before if
speed and distance signs were all done at the same time people would get used
to them quickly. That's the only way to do it, if some states were in
kilometers and some in miles metric would never be accepted. It's the
same with changing from gallons to liters, in Canada it was all done at the
same time. I would like to make another comment. Anti EU groups in
the U K in my opinion are using the metric system as a wipping board.
They can use it because it affects every person. They sure try to
get people to think that everybody in the UK hates both the metric system and
the EU. I dare say that in the U K there are probably more people
worrying about joining the EU then worrying whether the U K uses
metric. I also agree with Jim that forced metrication in the States will
never work. If metric speed and distance signs came on US roads
would that have to be a government law? Are metric speed and
distance signs legal in the
States.
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