"As a footnote - I always think you should concentrate on trade reasons for going metric. With roadsigns and the like it looks more 'anti-imperial' than 'pro-metric' and many people will just see it as some people's personal beef being played out at a national level - if that makes any sense. Sort of "I hate those mile signs - make them say all 'k' & 'm' on them" versus "we've lost an order because the customer required metric - make them show metric". That sort of thing."
But its entirely OK to be 'anti-metric'? Also, isn't being 'anti-imperial' to a large extent the main purpose of this discussion board, ie, to promote the usage of metric instead? ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Humphreys To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:09 PM Subject: [USMA:46827] RE: Replacement of metric signs on I-19 (Arizona) deferred As a footnote - I always think you should concentrate on trade reasons for going metric. With roadsigns and the like it looks more 'anti-imperial' than 'pro-metric' and many people will just see it as some people's personal beef being played out at a national level - if that makes any sense. Sort of "I hate those mile signs - make them say all 'k' & 'm' on them" versus "we've lost an order because the customer required metric - make them show metric". That sort of thing. However I will always say that you can usually tell how metric a country is by what's on their road/public signs (ie it's part of the language) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 04:19:44 -0800 From: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:46824] RE: Replacement of metric signs on I-19 (Arizona) deferred To: [email protected] Gridlock works! I am happy, but I also realize it is insignificant in the bigger picture. Even having or not having metric signage defined in the MUTCD is insignificant in the absence of a time-bounded plan to actually GO metric. Congress destroyed the plan and legislated against any new plan circa 1995, with regards to roads. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 6:23:40 AM Subject: [USMA:46823] RE: Replacement of metric signs on I-19 (Arizona) deferred I suspect you're quite happy about that - I would have thought ;-) Despite my normal position regarding this subject I actually feel happy for you on this occassion! Congrats! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:20:05 -0800 From: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:46815] Replacement of metric signs on I-19 (Arizona) deferred To: [email protected] Due to the lack of a plan, there is no plan. Since they couldn't decide exactly how to do it, they are not going to do it at all. Metric sign replacement on I-19 has been indefinitiely postponed, and the funds committed to another project. http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/article_d7dec8f6-26f5-11df-b567-001cc4c03286.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got a cool Hotmail story? Tell us now ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now
