I am pretty sure it is an April Fool's joke. The article doesn't make much sense, and the obvious place to start is in all academic course work. If it were real, I would assume it would explain the conversion for those without dual speedometers, and give the new limits.
________________________________ From: Team Metric Info <i...@metricrules.org> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Tue, April 2, 2013 10:02:54 AM Subject: [USMA:52583] UMBC pilots shift to metric system http://www.retrieverweekly.com/news/umbc-pilots-shift-to-metric-system-1.3017677#.UVrXuxzvtqU
