UK road signs were supposed to have been converted back in 1970. The metrication programme had all party support at the time. However when it came to it the then Conservative government postponed the change because of money. It was never re-instated.
Four years ago in 2006, the then Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling stated that they would not be changung road signs for the same reason. This was based on a grossly inflated estimate of the cost deliberately conjured up to close down discussion on the subject. So far, money has been the only reason given. That doesn't mean it will neve be done. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 13 June, 2010 9:50:25 PM Subject: [USMA:47779] RE: Soccer, er. football.... ('UK lads' - believe me, there'll be some in Wales, Scotland and N Ireland that will have cheered your side when that second goal creeped through). I can't remember any graphics on the match - perhaps that's added to the feed in the US? You probably won't want to know how the commentary used measures on our (ITV) version of the match! ;-) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:52:14 -0700 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:47773] Soccer, er. football.... Apologies to the UK lads about that game yesterday. I really do feel sorry for your keeper, actually! But don't underestimate our team! As to metric, on the ABC broadcast yesterday, at one point when a free kick was being set up, the screen flashed "distance to goal 27 m". Progress? HARRY WYETH Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. Sign-up now.
