I have a question about metric highway requirements. In this memorandum: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/programadmin/contracts/1108metr.cfm
Apparently, all state highway agencies have changed their internal requirements to use only colonial units and not use metric at all. There seems to be a clarification probably to state highway departments. It seems to say there is no requirement to use or to not use metric units. Then, I assume that a state highway department can use metric in it's designs if it wants to and still qualify for federal funding. Is that what I am seeing? I believe that when foreigners come to the US and see our peculiar colonial highway measures, they then will not buy our products as they will probably be not dimensioned in metric units. How can we push the highway departments to get on the metric system? Any ideas? ...Parker
