Current legislation prevents any road authority from using imperial. If I were a private contractor who won a contract to build a motorway straight through the lake district (!) I would be denied the choice to use imperial measures. Thie particular legislation eminates from the EU.
By the way - although I am anti-EU I don't "blame" it for advancing metric in the UK. The two items are 'separate things' in my opinion. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris KEENAN Sent: 13 January 2005 17:06 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:31904] Re: CADOT reversions On Thursday 13 Jan 2005 11:54, Stephen Humphreys wrote: > <<<and even the British road authorities use metric for construction, > even when the road signs are Imperial.>>> > > Actually the British road authorities have no choice but to use metric > for construction - its a rule from the EU that bypasses the elected > parliament of the UK. No it isn't. UK roads (as with all civil engineering) have been designed in metric for decades - at least since the 60s. The town where I was born produced radical development planes in the mid-60s - all metric. Nothing to do with the EU. -- Chris KEENAN UK Metric Assoc.: metric.org.uk
