JM Steele responded to my Q about that - I was interested in 'state' versus 'federal' in the USA
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:46742] Re: pictures of I 19 signs Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:43:03 +0000 Is there a likelihood that the State of Arizona will retain the I19 metric signs in order to assert their statehood? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: 23 February 2010 20:41 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:46740] Re: pictures of I 19 signs These have been in place around 30 years on I-19. However, they are due to be replaced as they are faded and don't meet refective standards. The plan is to use miles on the replacement; however, that plan has become controversial. No state has more than "demo" levels of metric signs. However, to the point raised by BWMA, we do NOT have piles of dead bodies lying around them. We Americans can interpret them (or ignore them?) as required. For years, the MUTCD has completely defined the requirements for metric signage, although no State has embraced it and gone completely metric. Unfortunately, they have been removed from the 2009 edition of MUTCD as no one was using the metric. I am sure at some point in the future, it will all have to be "reinvented." From: Stephen Davis <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 3:16:18 PM Subject: [USMA:46738] Re: pictures of I 19 signs This is good to see. This part of Arizona is even more metricated than the UK in regard to road signs. Is this a permanent measure? It's time the UK stopped running scared of the anti-EU press and introduced similar signs! ----- Original Message ----- From: Parker Willey Jr. To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:13 AM 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 _________________________________________________________________ Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
