-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/25/07 17:44, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > >> Off-topic from an off-topic thread? What an oxymoron. >> >> And yeah, teachers always say that we'll be switching to the metric >> system but it will never happen. I'm still in high school and my economics >> teacher says that all of the time. > > I read in one of the textbooks (forget which one, sorry) that US actually > did try switching to kmph (kilometers per hour) from mph (miles per hour) > in regards to road signs etc., But then people had a hard time following > it. The government considered it as a failure and switched back. Someone > please correct me if I am wrong.
You're right. It was back in the 1970s. The cost of changing every speed limit sign in this very large country was also considered prohibitive. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF4iOcS9HxQb37XmcRAgEYAJ9MiXyDSgJlmlSbJ83w2p3l9BJshACg7lo1 5caA8i0VljdSncaic3IpQeI= =XwcW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]