The ACWM guys seem a little out of touch 1) Metric signs are explicitly legal in the US, vandalizing them is illegal 2) I-19 is in Arizona, which is apparently beyond their fact-checking abilities 3) As of May, 2012, the plan to replace the metric signs with miles is on hold due to public outcry. They are replacing exit signs with arrows, but no distance signs, deferring the decision. They have promised to consider local preference.
On the other hand, they are so biased towards Customary, that they fail to consider once you allow two systems of measure, you may as well allow them all. Why can't we use Roman amphorae, Egyptian cubits, Imperial gallons, long tons, and all the assorted feet from all over Europe. Then no measurement would ever mean anything. (or better yet, each person could use his own foot for a foot, and forearm for a cubit, 300 million systems of measure.) Do they accept the 1959 foot or do they still use the 1893 foot (or earlier?). ________________________________ From: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, March 3, 2013 12:54:54 PM Subject: [USMA:52438] RE: ACWM Thanks Kilopascal, for the verbatim quotation (below) of the ACWM *irrational* policy, posted by the bWMA. I had never seen it before. Can we find the name of the author and names of the ACWM officers? Eugene Mechtly ________________________________ From: Kilopascal [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 11:07 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: ACWM USMA, this what you are up against in your fight to metricate the US: This is a statement from the ACWM posted to the bWMA Facebook page. We are committed to diversity and culture, not a cold scientific mandate dominating the rule of law. USC are a part of our past, they remain in the present, and we are committed to ensuring their future, whether that means educating the population on our wonderful system and why it is designed the way it is, launching petitions and campaigns to counteract any attacks on the continued legality and existence of our system, or even taking to the streets to halt the attempts to metricate or alter our national heritage and infrastructure. Thankfully, we haven't had to take to the streets to prevent illegal roadsigns, our regulators have figured out that metric signs aren't used and have removed them as they wear out on the only interstate to use that signage, in New Mexico or Arizona. In the '70s, when your movement was at its strongest, the population here woke up and became very vocal that they did NOT want sweeping changes made arbitrarily, bureaucratically as it did in Canada, the UK. Some industry converted where it suited them, others did not and continue to use our system today, both here and abroad. They are willing to take the fight to the streets if metrication were to increase. You can ignore them, but they are not ignoring you. They are fighting you every step of the way. I hope you have a plan of action against them.
