Paul,
If Ireland can do it in a single day that should be a perfect example for the
rest. Don't you think?
Jerry
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From: Paul Trusten <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:34:17 PM
Subject: Re: [USMA:42711] Re: REALLY using the SI
Jerry, yes, Ireland changed its highway speed limit and distance signs to all
metric in 2005, with great success. I attribute their success to widespread
public education prior to the changeover. The metric signs were unveiled in a
single day, 20 January 2005.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 31 January, 2009 11:16
Subject: [USMA:42711] Re: REALLY using the SI
Martin,
Are you telling us that foreign drivers on UK roads get confused by the
non-metric signage? So what happens when they have an accident and someone is
seriously hurt? This would be a good reason to change if only to conform with
the practice of your neighboring countries.
Now what happens when UK drivers go to other countries and don't have English
unit signs to guide them? Does it cause accidents too?
Is it true that Ireland just changed their signs 4 years ago? How are the
people adapting? Any problems?
Jerry
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From: Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]>
To: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]>; U.S. Metric
Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:07:51 PM
Subject: RE: [USMA:42694] Re: REALLY using the SI
Yes, most British people do, but I am not convinced that lorry drivers from
abroad do. I often drive a short section (about 4 km) of the M25 (the London
ring road) and almost without fail I spot at least one lorry from abroad every
time that I drive on that section of road.
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From:Jeremiah MacGregor [mailto: [email protected] ]
Sent: 31 January 2009 16:41
To: [email protected]; U.S. Metric Association
Subject: Re: [USMA:42694] Re: REALLY using the SI
Martin,
Do most people know what they mean?
Jerry
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From:Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:28:26 AM
Subject: [USMA:42694] Re: REALLY using the SI
Oops - my error
But for some inexplicable reason the British Department for Transport use
single and double apostrophes to represent feet and inches on road signs.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Pierre Abbat
Sent: 31 January 2009 11:50
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:42685] Re: REALLY using the SI
On Saturday 31 January 2009 03:56:26 Martin Vlietstra wrote:
> The single apostrophe is the symbol for seconds of arc.
No, the single prime means arc minutes. The double prime means arc seconds.
Pierre
