The Dept of Transport will still not commit to a date when they will effect the changeover of speed signs. Until they do that, there won't be any public awareness campaigns.
The current unofficial aim is for November 2004, and legislation is currently going before the house. The main deadline is 2004-12-31, after which speed signs in MPH will no longer have legal effect. Of course, they always have the option of getting the minister to defer that deadline (which has been done repeatedly already, with the orginal 1998 deadline, and the 2001 deadline). They are certainly working to have it done before the end of the year, but there is no guarantee yet they will meet it (I'd put a guess at about 60% certainty). If it does slip, it will most likely be put back to summer 2005, but given that car manufacturers are gearing up to release vehicles with metric dash displays from 2005-01-01, it can't slip too much. I am still hopeful that they'll get it done in November as planned. I'll keep you all informed of progress. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Wade | EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EuroKom | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom; Unit A2 | a=eirmail400;c=ie Nutgrove Office Park | Tel: +353 (1) 296-9696 Rathfarnham | Fax: +353 (1) 296-9697 Dublin 14 | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !"
