I agree. A random action that is not part of an overall coordinated plan does little good.
Worse, the States now have a new excuse. Metric (both message content and dimensioning) are basically removed from the 2009 MUTCD by FHWA. The FHWA has further declared metric is optional for them (in my view ignoring EO12770) because their "customers" (the State DOTs) don't use it. This would not make metric signage illegal, but since it is not given by example in the MUTCD, I think special approval would be required. No State is going to bother (they certainly didn't want metric road construction) so I think there will be no new metric road signs in the US. Thanks, Congresscritters. ________________________________ From: Paul Trusten <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 1:46:27 AM Subject: [USMA:46732] Re: pictures of I 19 signs 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 >
