Thanks for the good photo Paul.
Regards, Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:28 PM
Subject: [USMA:38019] Re: mm vs. cm
Attached: photo of a speed limit sign in Berlin, June 2005.
Quoting Stephen Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I wasn't implying that the international sign was anything other than
round,
of course. Still, with a red circle, instead of a black one, the US
design would
have resembled the international sign, against a white background.
It's a shame
that the proposal to use a red circle was abandoned.
On 19-Feb-07, at 15:19 , G Stanley Doore wrote:
> The international speed limit sign is round and not rectangular
> like those shown in the USDOT web site.
>
> We have in the US those who want to reinvent the wheel or make a
> mark for themselves. That's what the USDOT is trying to do rather
> than become part of the international community. As Tom Freidman
> has said: "The World is Flat." We must join it, and that includes
> teaching and using the SI exclusively, or we will be buried in our
> own stew.
>
> Stan Doore
>
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