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km/h, not KPH.
Yes, good news for Ireland.
Also, perhaps the beginning of good news for the UK. My American friend of
many years who moved to England (outside of London) a year ago mentioned that
she has had to adapt to a metric UK, with the one big exception being the road
signs in miles. However, she added that she is hearing about a campaign to
address this before the Olympic games in 2012, which suggest that the campaign
launched by the UKMA is having a positive effect, at least in terms of raising
public awareness of the issue.
Ezra
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:36
AM
Subject: [USMA:36250] Re: St. Patric's
day - Is Ireland all Metric?
Well hush my mouth!! The last time I was in Ireland was 2004.
I can't believe I wasn't aware that they'd changed the speed limits in
2005 to KPH!!!
One of the very few times I'm overjoyed to be proved wrong!!! :-)
Regards,
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:29
PM
Subject: [USMA:36238] Re: St. Patric's
day - Is Ireland all Metric?
I thought they already fixed that? Wasn't last year the big
change over?
The above web site says that 2005-01-20 was the 'big day'...I remember
it being all over the news and being discussed on this list.
Richard
In a message dated 2006-03-10 13:53:56 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes: No,
at the moment Ireland is mostly metric but not totally metric.
For
instance, they have signposts in kilometres but speed limits are measured
in MPH!!!!
I believe they intend to address the above anomaly in
the near
future.
Regards,
Steve.
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