I think it would be better if weather forecasts wordlwide used m/s
I don't see how km/h or mph convey anything over and above an arbitrary
scale. Units like km/h are really for journey times or comparison with
different modes of transport. So why not get used to the proper SI unit?
Phil Hall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:16 PM
Subject: [USMA:35845] Re: Speed in km/h vs m/s
On Wednesday 25 January 2006 04:44, John Hynes wrote:
In the US, speeds are usually regulated in increments of 5 mph. (I have
seen one or two exceptions.) 1 m/s is about 2.237 mph, so here are some
rounded conversions:
MPH m/s km/h
5 2 8
10 4 16
15 7 24
20 9 32
25 11 40
30 13 48
35 16 56
40 18 64
45 20 72
50 22 80
55 25 89
60 27 97
65 29 105
70 31 113
75 34 121
It is not hard to imagine that if road speeds were to be expressed in
m/s,
that a smaller number of 5 m/s increments would be used.
m/s MPH km/h
5 11 18
10 22 36
15 34 54
20 45 72
25 56 90
30 67 108
35 78 126
To keep about the same increment as the 5 mph, it might be a good idea to
use
an increment of 9 km/h, thus making speeds that can be converted exactly
to
m/s (the unit to use when thinking about a car accident) without any
trailing
repeating decimals.
phma
