On Saturday 07 March 2009 09:45:59 John M. Steele wrote:
> This article
> http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2009/03/06/breaking_news/00mileposts0308.txt
> reports that Arizona Dept. of Transportation will spend $1.5 million of its
> Federal economic stimulus money to remove the metric distance signs along a
> 100 km stretch of I-19.  This will include removal of the metric and
> rotation of already placed Customary signs to face traffic.
>
> Perhaps not quite the way we hoped stimulus money would aid metrication.
>
> (On the other hand, being a leader for 30 years, with no follower or plans
> for followers is proabaly silly too.)

I just heard on NPR that the signs are worn out and need to be replaced. That 
doesn't explain, though, why a rotated sign isn't worn out, or why they don't 
put both units on the signs.

Pierre

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