-- "Go for a Metric America" Howard Ressel Project Design Engineer, Region 4 (585) 272-3372
>>> On 6/11/2010 at 8:38 AM, in message <[email protected]>, Howard Ressel wrote: > Yes for example, NYSDOT has several metric signs at border crossings on the > north country. On one interstate the first speed sign in the US is a 65 mph > the second is 100 k/hr (the sign has the speed in a circle like the > international format) and then the last sign in the series is back to the 65 > mph. There are also (and continue to be) requests and postings of some > specialized signs at border crossings in French and English. The French signs > are in metric. it's not routine policy to post such signs but when we get a > request generally it seems it is accommodated where appropriate. > -- > > "Go for a Metric America" > Howard Ressel > Project Design Engineer, Region 4 > (585) 272-3372 > > > >>> <[email protected]> 6/11/2010 12:31 AM >>> > > They are legal...but states have chosen not to use them...except in certain > circumstances. > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [USMA:47688] Are metric speed limit and/or distance signs > permitted by US Federal law or regulation? > From: [email protected] ( mailto://[email protected] ) > Date: Thu, June 10, 2010 9:18 pm > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected] ( > mailto://[email protected] )> > > All: > > I just realized I am not clear about the legal status of metric distance and > speed limit signs in the USA. > > Do Federal laws and regulations permit them in all circumstances? Only some? > > What role do state, county, and local laws and regulations play in all this? > > I ask because I'm wondering if turns out to be the case that the UK is the > only country on the planet that has officially outlawed metric distance and > road signs on officially maintained roadways. Even though such signs are > virtually non-existent here in the USA, I'm presuming this is so simply > because the states have chosen not to use them rather than because they have > been made illegal either at the Federal or the state level. > > Thanks, > Ezra >
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