Parker, that day will be a great day to raise the public's awareness of the
metric system and what U.S. metrication means, but I think that, before we
change anything, we should start with that public dialogue. Just recently,
it was announced that stimulus funds would be committed to undoing the 1980
experiment of posting metric-only road signs along a 100 km stretch of I-19
in Arizona. Without public education, that stretch of road signs has only
been a thorn in the side of the locals, since the rest of the Nation remains
uninitiated to such public metrication.
Successful U.S. metrication must involve everyone in the Nation: the public,
government at all levels, industries, and schools. The "M-Day" of sign
changing you describe will happen, but not on the tenth of October of next
year. However, when it does take place, it will ineed happen in one day,
after the metric stage has been set for it.
Paul
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Parker Willey Jr." <[email protected]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: 29 March, 2009 10:32
Subject: [USMA:44195] Lets make Sunday 2010-10-10 "m" day!
Hi:
I have not made much contribution to this forum but I want to change the
subject somewhat.
Anyway, I don't know if this one will fly but here goes:
The date of Sunday 2010-10-10 should be made a special day in US metric
conversion.
I propose that we set Sunday 2010-10-10 be "M" day. We would request that
Congress pass a law requiring on that day that:
All highway signs that show distances and speeds be overlaid with decals
or replaced with signs showing only km/h. Distance signs would be
replaced over the next week.
All retail gasoline or motor fuel stations switch to liters for all motor
fuel sales except hydrogen sales which is or should already be in
kilograms.
All radio, TV stations, newspapers, magazines, and US Web sites showing
weather begin giving temperature only in Celsius, wind speed in km/h,
visible in kilometers, and barometric pressure in millibars.
All digital signs outside schools, event centers, shopping centers, banks
or other public display locations that display temperature should switch
to only Celsius temperature.
These should essentially get the public thinking and using metric units
then.
Is this date viable?
...Parker Willey Jr.
San Jose, CA
