'scuse my ignorance

But how to metric road signs allow for "more finely tuned speed limits"?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4741894.stm

That'll be another Loony Lobbying Outfit then.

 

The sooner the last bastions of the imperial system are gone the better
imo. Anyway, it will add another 60% on the top end!

 

SNIP!

30kph = 18.75mph
40kph = 25.00mph
50kph = 31.25mph
60kph = 37.5mph
70kph = 43.75mph
80kph = 50.0mph
90kph = 56.25mph
100kph = 62.5mph
110kph = 68.75mph

So that is 9 steps from approx 20mph to approx 70mph instead of the 6 steps
from 20 to 70 (20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70)

 

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Well they have done it in RoI without much drama

 

because 1km/h is a smaller unit than 1mph, YTC.

 

0.1mph
0.2mph
0.3mph
0.4mph

etc.............

Why change just for the sake of change?


Rusty.

 

Wasn't there a fair amount of rounding down and dropping limits though?

 

Don't be an arse; a series of limit signs displaying 10kph, 20kph,
30kph, 40kph provide finer granularity than 10mph, 20mph,30mph etc.

it's for the sake of European integration. And modernisation. Imperial
measurement shoul d have been ditched at the same time as LSD currency.

 

darsy emerged from their own little world to say

Didn't take you long to get back into the swing of things.

 

darsy is a swinger?

Phil

 

But wasn't that one of the things the Romans did for us? S'not our
fault if the rest of their Empire decided to fix something that wasn't
broken.

 

Oh yes that too

 

He is quite right though and a change is easy enough. Problem will be
the minority interest pressure groups using it as an excuse to drop all
limits. As said in another thread, there are influential hard working
fuckwits who would like to see all urban areas dropped to a blanket
20mph with a motorway maximum of 60. All A and B rural roads would be
30-50.

 

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Metrication, 1974 (Roads; generally, 1970-81)

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it's for the sake of European integration.

European integration? Like the raging success of the single currency? Like
the previous raging success of the exchange rate mechanism which set the UK
economy back 10 years? Source of the 100bhp limit threats dating back god
knows how many years now? (Who else remembers good old Martin Bangemann?!)

I hazard a guess that a fair proportion of people wouldn't be too happy with
that sort of integration!


Rusty.

 

Why are you comparing monetary policies and a vehicle policy that never
affected the UK with a standardisation of a unit of measuring? Are you
the sort of reactionary **** who insists on being able to buy loose
fresh fruit and vegetables by the lb?

It didn't seem to be a problem in the ROI.

 

Err, in what way is it not a success? Seems to work pretty well from
where I'm sitting.

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Quite. There a lot of hoary old issues around in the UK needing tucked
up under the covers

 

Why are you comparing monetary policies and a vehicle policy that never

The source of legislation was from the same place hence the comparison. (And
after all, it was you that mentioned integration)

No I am not a reactionary ****.

Yes it would be nice for people to have the choice to buy fresh fruit &
vegetables by whatever measures they feel most comfortable with.


Rusty.