Michael, et al. I suppose metrication of highway signs would serve as good metric system training and education, but I need to stop and think to what extent it really contributes to true transition to the SI as the standard of measurement for the United States, and I don’t think it does.
What form was H transition supposed to take? Dual speed limits prior to changing to metric only? What about metric education for the motor vehicle operators? What about odometers? And if odometers are switchable, how does the public relate to that, and how do their auto service mechanics deal with service intervals? How do we prevent service intervals fron becoming unevenly applied in kilometers and miles? How can we hope to change over to metric-only speed limit signs if metrication of signage is not administered hand in hand with changes to motor vehicle operation law, a/k/a the rules of the road? I very much want to see America go metric, but it isn’t a change that we can accomplish only outwardly. It is a systemic change. As measuring Americans, our roots are going to Have to grasp a new soil. I think the first step in U.S. metrication is metric-system education for every man, woman, and child in the United States. . Paul Trusten Midland, Texas [email protected] >> On Jun 9, 2020, at 23:45, Michael Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone have the history of how and why most State Highway departments rolled > back their metric transition a number of years back? I seem to remember it > was some Congressmen who inserted language into a budget somewhere that made > the whole transition voluntary. And it all unravelled. > > Mike Payne > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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