Does anyone know what the regulations are in Canada? I'm also wondering what the regulations will be in the Republic of Ireland.
However, doesn't this business of dual speedometers affect only truly analog speedometers? Are there countries that require digital speedometers to display km/h only (i.e. they forbid the possibility of mph display)? Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carleton MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 8:43 PM Subject: [USMA:31090] RE: km/h on speedometers > Last time I was there Saabs are sold in Canada with speedometers in km/h > only. > Carleton > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Hillger, Don > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 16:17 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:31078] RE: km/h on speedometers > > > My understanding it that most, it not all, Canadian cars display both > km/h (in larger font) and MPH (in smaller font) on their speedometers, > in the reverse order of the U.S. Not sure what their laws say, but they > do that to accommodate drivers who travel into the U.S. with their cars, > probably the same reason both units are universally displayed on U.S. > cars, for when they are driven into Canada. > > With the new English/metric button system, that probably means that > Canadians can switch the speed display to MPH if they wish, but there's > not much incentive to do that with all the road signs in metric (just > like there's not much incentive to use the km/h units in the U.S. > without corresponding road signs). > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Euric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, 2004 September 10 13:48 > > To: Hillger, Don; U.S. Metric Association > > Subject: Re: [USMA:31071] RE: km/h on speedometers > > > > I would hope this applies to USA models only and GM cars sold outside > the > > US > > are metric only. > > > > Euric > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hillger, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, 2004-09-10 14:05 > > Subject: [USMA:31071] RE: km/h on speedometers > > > > > > > NOT true. As has been pointed out here on the listserv, GM has gone > to > > > a system that looks like it has only MPH, but an English/metric > button > > > causes the dial to move to show either MPH or km/h. My wife has > this on > > > her new 2004 Bonneville, and Paul Trusten mentioned it being in a GM > car > > > he rented. > > > > > > Besides the dial moving, a LED lights up behind either the "MPH" or > > > "km/h" to show the units being displayed. Pretty nifty system I > think. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > > Behalf > > > > Of Jason Darfus > > > > Sent: Friday, 2004 September 10 11:58 > > > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > > > Subject: [USMA:31069] RE: km/h on speedometers > > > > > > > > All the current Cadillacs have MPH-only speedometers. Go check > out > > > the > > > > interior photos at http://www.cadillac.com > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 10, 2004, at 13:44, Phil Chernack wrote: > > > > > > > > > However, I have not seen a speedometer on any car > > > > > manufactured after 1977 for use in the U.S. that did not include > > > both. > > > > > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > > > > Behalf > > > > > Of Terry Simpson > > > > > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 1:36 PM > > > > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > > > > Subject: [USMA:31064] km/h on speedometers > > > > > > > > > > Do cars in the U.S.A. have to have km/h on them by law? > > > > > > > > > > Is it Federal or State law? > > > > > > > > > > What date did it become mandatory? > > > > > > > > > > Is the actual law available online? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
