In addition, marker posts in Northern Ireland are at 110 yard intervals and are calibrated in miles and chains, while those in England and Wales are at 100 metre intervals and are calibrated in kilometres. I believe that Scottish marker posts are also calibrated in kilometres, but I have not driven in Scotland for over 30 years, so I cannot comment with certainty.
From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Charles Peyto Sent: 13 July 2016 15:42 Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA 246] Re: From Queen Elizabeth Stan, It was probably the other way round. Ireland (though not Northern Ireland) changed from mph to km/h for speed limits in 2005. They replaced all of their old UK-style speed limit signs with km/h signs over a few days. To avoid any confusion, all the new signs had "km/h" shown on them. They never had any km/h speed limit signs without the units clearly shown on them. OTOH, their distance signs have been gradually changed over several years - though, AFAIK, the new ones have the km unit symbol shown somewhere. Northern Ireland, in common with the rest of the UK, still have mph speed limits shown on unitless signs and use miles on distance signs - usually without the unit shown, but using "m" as the abbreviation for miles on some signs and if the distance is 1/4, 1/3 or 1/2 mile. -- C. On 12 July 2016 at 01:27, Stanislav Jakuba <jakub...@gmail.com> wrote: You answered my question. When I was there last (a long time ago) the distances were in miles, but the speed limits were in km/h. Without the km/h shown. As a passenger in a car, I was really scared of the speed until the driver explained this state of affairs. I was like this apparently for years and nobody seemed bothered. Stan On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Carleton MacDonald <carlet...@comcast.net> wrote: I rented a car in Ireland in 2009. It was a stick shift, wheel on the right, drive on the left side of the road. It wasn’t difficult. We rented the car in Belfast, toured the shipyard where the Titanic and the Olympic were built, drove to Downpatrick to see St. Patrick’s burial site (at the Anglican cathedral there), then drove to Dublin. The minute we crossed the border, I noticed: The road signs were in both English and Gaelic. Speed limits and distances were in km. I had to find a bank machine to get some euro notes. Carleton On 2016-07-11, 17:39, "USMA on behalf of Mark Henschel" <usma-boun...@colostate.edu on behalf of mwhensch...@gmail.com> wrote: Interesting thing about the British and their roundabouts, and driving on the left side of the road. I was in a car being driven around England a few years back. The driver sits on the right, but the gear shift is in the left, in the middle of the car. So since they travel on the opposite side of the road, their roundabouts turn clockwise, not counter clockwise as ours do. So here we are with the driver on the right, her left hand on the gear shift, right hand on the steering wheel, left foot on the clutch and right foot on the accelerator, and attempting to go counterclockwise into a roundabout. All the time looking right and turning left. At least in the USA we can use our best hand for most of us (right handers) on the gear shift and just hold the steering wheel with the left hand, look left and turn right, but I imagine it is a challenge to constantly use your left hand to shift gears if you are right handed. Few European cars have automatic transmissions. Even when I rented cars in Germany, they were usually stick shift but diesel engines. Hmmm. wonder if I got one of the cars VW cheated on the emissions with? Mark On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 4:15 PM, John Dunlop <jrdun...@igc.org> wrote: I just received a note from Queen Elizabeth. She has declared that we are flubbing democracy, and therefore, effectively immediately, our independence is revoked. Among the changes she will implement in the country formerly known as the USA: 6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. John John Dunlop jrdun...@igc.org personal email 612-374-2181 home phone _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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