The point you miss here, Stephen, is the fact that SI is already 'user friendly' for all people from childhood through senior citizenship in *most* countries.
The BIPM Brochure sets the standard. It is not intended to be a first reader for children in elementary school. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:45:48 +0000 >From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:47745] RE: Are metric speed limit and/or distance signs >permitted by US Federal law or regulation? >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > And with concurring respect - I don't intend to > learn how to be a metric expert or scholar. You > need to realise quite how many people will/have read > that manual in their life (in % value). > You should be concentrating on making metric > 'user-friendly' rather than suggesting that a > reference manual is handy when undertaking > measurement tasks. Again, this is advice (from MHO) > rather than me 'knocking' you. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [USMA:47726] RE: Are metric speed limit > and/or distance signs permitted by US Federal law or > regulation? > Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:07:06 +0100 > > Steve, > > > > With due respect to all the contributors to this > discussion, the SI Manual is structured in its > approach. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Stephen Humphreys > Sent: 11 June 2010 23:16 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:47726] RE: Are metric speed limit > and/or distance signs permitted by US Federal law or > regulation? > > > > Why I 'learn' enough here! ;-) > > > > (ahem) > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [USMA:47723] RE: Are metric speed limit > and/or distance signs permitted by US Federal law or > regulation? > > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:02:26 +0100 > > > > > > Steve, why don't you visit www.bipm.org and follow > the links to the SI > > brochure - you might learn something. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of [email protected] > > Sent: 11 June 2010 20:53 > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Subject: [USMA:47721] RE: Are metric speed limit > and/or distance signs > > permitted by US Federal law or regulation? > > > > > > Stephen, > > > > The unit "hour" is approved for use with SI (See > the BIPM Brochure, Table 6)...
