"The episode underscored Ireland's slow mental conversion to metric. Ireland switched its speed limits from miles to kilometers in January 2005, but most cars still display speeds principally in miles."
It perhaps underscores the show mental conversion to metric of certain judges, but the above paragraph suggests that the fact that most cars display in miles is somehow down to reluctance. Drivers have no choice in this matter - it's just that there are more older cars around, and as they are replaced by newer models, the metric proportion increases.
Does anyone out there know if all new cars sold in Ireland display km/h only on the speedometers (and km only on the odometers)?
All new cars (since 2005) display km/h *only* on the speedometer and km *only* on the odometer, unless the particular make has a digital display that is switchable - my wife's Citroen can be switched from one to the other, but like anyone else I know with such a model, she keeps it to match the signs. Cars older than that display km/h and MPH on the speedometer, with the MPH display on the more prominent outer dial, and miles *only* on the odometer.
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