On 2007 Apr 24 , at 8:00 AM, Howard Ressel wrote:
Would it even be legal to have a car in the US with metric only
instrumentation? Despite the fact that the metric system is legal,
it night not be legal to have metric only in a car. It might vary
by State too. A friend of mine purchased a car at auction with
metric only dash and the State made him replace the instruments
before he could register the car.
That's outrageous!
Congress declared in 1866 that the metric system is legal in the US.
Only Congress, not the states, can make or change such a declaration,
according to the US Constitution. No state has the right to forbid
that which Congress has declared legal.
Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
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