The acceptance of metric signs in the North of Ireland can be gauged as to how far the euro has crept into the north. The acceptance rate of the euro in the north will pretty much be the same for the acceptance of metric road signs.
I wonder if the BWMA and ARM are active in Northern Ireland. I think most of their activities are contained to England. I don't think they are very welcome in Scotland. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2004-09-11 10:05 Subject: [USMA:31092] Re: Irish Road Signs - Changeover date is 2005-01-20 > >Ezra Steinberg > >Too bad the Northern Irish Council > >(or whatever it's actually called -- sorry!) is moribund. > > The Northern Ireland Assembly is suspended. But the members are still > receiving salaries from the taxpayer. > > > >If it were active, perhaps it could make the case for matching the > >Republic in metricating the road signs there! > > I would not recommend that, it might sound like "Choose whether you want to > be more like the Irish Republic or the United Kingdom". >
