[USMA:35519] Re: Interesting things at the US-Canada border.

[Remek Kocz]

Sounds like the southern border is a lot more "international."  Up here I don't really see any courtesy on the US's side, and Canada will display a single "Metric Conversion 60mph=100 km/h" sign at the beginning of a major highway in the vicinity of the border.  I think that what I'm seeing on the Lewiston-Queenston bridge is the evidence of the fact that it is operated by an American entity which footed the bill for the security upgrade, and which called the shots on the signage.

On 12/29/05, Scott Hudnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Remek, I think these may be courtesy signs, since the road is approaching a border crossing. I know that at the US/Mexico border there are signs in km and km/h as you approach the crossings, as well as signs in English and Spanish warning of the last exit before you must cross the border. There are also signs warning you that (unless you have the proper hunting permits) guns are illegal in Mexico.


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Scott Hudnall

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From: Remek Kocz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:26:24 -0500
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Subject: [USMA:35502] Interesting things at the US-Canada border.

I live in Upstate New York, and my typical trip to Canada takes me either across the Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls) or Lewiston-Queenston Bridge.  I haven't taken a trip using the L-Q Bridge in a while, one of the reasons being that it had some security-related roadwork having done around it.  As I found out yesterday, the roadwork also included putting up speed limit signs on the Canadian side--all only in MPH.  These continued through the length of the bridge until the US-side border inspection booths.  Also, starting on the Canadian side, there were a few displays flashing your speed in MPH back at you.  

I always thought that a lone MPH-only sign on the Canadian side of the Ambassador Bridge (Windsor-Detroit) was an anomaly.  Anyone else see these "joyful reminders" of the US at other border crossings?

Remek