Bill Hooper >Our anti-metric opponents have a valid point (a legal one, at least) >if the law says that metric signs cannot be posted and yet they >are being posted anyway. Or am I missing something in this discussion?
The law specifies non-metric road signs for highways in most cases (exceptions include weight, height, width). http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/signs_index.shtml http://www.ukma.org.uk/legislation.htm "the UK is the only country in the world whose road sign regulations do not include metric units as options for distances, despite widespread use of metres in the Highway Code, and roads having been designed and built in metric for decades" However, 'metric signs are illegal' is not a universal truth. Some suggest that it is, in order to persuade private organisations to remove metric signs.
