Or act rationally. Two decades ago, ADOT had an Office of Metrication. It organized a metric conference in Phoenix in 1994 (or 5?). As all speakers I got a license plate saying ARIZONA METRIC. They had them also for sale, so I bought more and had some on my cars until the state of Connecticut outlawed vanity plates.
ADOT had done an excellent job in preparing for metrication. Manuals ready, training, you name it. All that down the drain. I do not know how much ADOT spent, but working with PennDOT, I learned that they had spent $6 million and were fully metric with new projects. I am ashamed of my country for this waste of time and money. If there were no attempts to go metric I can accept that. But spending money and time repeatedly only to fail, over and over again, ... oh, well. Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Potts To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: 09 May 29, Friday 16:41 Subject: [USMA:45120] RE: News : ADOT defends replacing metric signs along I-19 : Nogales International : Nogales, AZ I never cease to be amazed by people's inability to think rationally. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Potts WFP Consulting Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nat Hager III Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 13:20 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:45119] News : ADOT defends replacing metric signs along I-19 : Nogales International : Nogales, AZ For what it's worth.. http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2009/05/15/news/doc4a0d9bc923609515374875.txt Nat
