Anyone can go in and FIX Wikipedia. Carleton
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 19:00 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53433] RE: 0 to 100 km/h Performance Measure for Automotive Acceleration So Wikipedia is wrong? It would not be the first time. David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 ----- Message from [email protected] --------- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:36:04 -0000 From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:53431] RE: 0 to 100 km/h Performance Measure for Automotive Acceleration To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Actually, in the UK it is the law to quote acceleration times as 0 to > 62 mph (= 100 km/h), so it is ONLY the USA that uses 0 to 60 mph. > > John F-L > > -----Original Message----- From: Ressel, Howard (DOT) > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 8:25 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:53430] RE: 0 to 100 km/h Performance Measure for > Automotive Acceleration > > I agree, we Americans tend to be a bit arrogant and thing that the > only way is the US way. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:19 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:53429] 0 to 100 km/h Performance Measure for Automotive > Acceleration > > My co-worker recently recounted to me her discussion with a car > salesman who claimed that 0 to 60 mph is the ONLY performance measure > for automotive acceleration used worldwide. He told her this during a > discussion in which she was telling him about her co-worker (that's > me) who advocates United States metrication. The salesman was arguing > that the US should keep its worthy standards because of their > worldwide use. I did a little poking around on Wikipedia and > discovered that the time it takes to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph is a > commonly used performance measure for automotive acceleration in the > United States and the United Kingdom. In the rest of the world 0 to > 100 km/h is used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_to_60_mph so the car > salesman was just making it up. I think many Americans tend to make > things up or just assume things based on their limited experience. > Educate yourselves and be prepared to educate your fellow Americans so > we can complete American metrication one person at a time. > > David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6914 - Release Date: > 12/12/13 ----- End message from [email protected] -----
