I just saw a programme on Dutch TV about road offenders. A British motorist was speeding towards Antwerp on a Dutch motorway in order to catch a ship at Calais to Dover. His speed was far too high. He was pulled over by the police, and it appeared that he was 'confused', as the British DoT claims will happen when speeds go metric in the UK. He thought in miles, so a speed limit of '90' on a Dutch speed sign meant 90 mph to him. This 'confusion' cost him 270 euros. If he had exceeded the speed limit with more than 50 km/h it would have cost him is licence for some time, or alternatively a 500+ euro fine. He had been dangerously close to that limit. It could have been a nice story for newspapers like the Sun and the Daily Telegraph, which are both staunchly anti-metric.
