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One more point on the signs in Florida. At the time, the signs were not MUTCD compliant and therefore, illegal unless Florida received permission from the FHWA. In the newest MUTCD the metric speed limit signs are a hybrid of the American and international styles of signs. The major difference is that instead of a red circle, the sign uses a black one. The original proposal was for a red circle but some uninformed people felt that drivers would misinterpret the red circle as a prohibition rather than a restriction. The compromise reached was the black circle.
For more info, go to http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno-2003.htm
Phil
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In the state of Florida, back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, we had the same (red circle) km/h signs posted below the standard black and white MPH signs. The only oddity was that Florida could not have a 90 km/h sign due to the federal speed limit at that time was set at 55 MPH, so they had a 88 km/h sign. All the km/h signs were removed sometime before the early 1990s.
Also, back in that era three major oil companies sold automobile fuel in liters (litres) only. That lasted about 2 years then it vaporized due to some type of federal antitrust lawsuit.
The typical USA one step forward...two steps backwards.
Mike
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