Outrageous? I only ask the question I don't know if its legal or not but
certainly a State can not prohibit the use of metric and that's why cars have
dual instrumentation and must have km and mph on the speedometer. By your
argument it would be illegal for packaging to contain both metric and English.
It might be legal to post speeds and drive in metric but reality is that speeds
are not posted in metric so State should be able to require speedometers to
read in at least the same units as the posted speed and distances. How else do
we regulate traffic? Not everyone who will ever drive your car will be able to
convert speeds from that which is posted to what they can read on the
speedometer in their head.
Howard Ressel
Project Design Engineer, Region 4
(585) 272-3372
>>> Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/24/2007 8:55 PM >>>
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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