Parker, to say the Nation has been through that already is the understatement
of the new century. A lackluster federal law caused numerous state DOTs to
revert from metric to customary highway design. But, also, please remember that
these metric-only signs are not any good without the following changes to back
them up:
1. metric odometers
2. metric speedometers
3. national public metric education
4. national public service announcement saturation campaign
5. speed limits in kilometers per hour
6. changes in the law at all levels to back these other changes up
True metrication is not just the posting of signs. It is the posting of a new
idea in an entire society, in each of its sectors. If you haven't visited
Australia, I hope you will have the opportunity. They did it. They are a
totally metric people.
Paul T.
----- Original Message -----
From: Parker Willey Jr.
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 23 February, 2010 00:13
Subject: [USMA:46729] pictures of I 19 signs
Hi:
I was electronically driving down Arizona I-19 using my mouse (Google)
and caught these pics of a couple of the metric signs.
I wonder if we can somehow get the rest of the states and the rest of
AZ to put up metric signs. Perhaps we should have an email campaign to
CALTRANS and other state agencies.
...Parker
