Peter, who is to say which is "wrong?" I would think that, to the drivers on the left, the rest of the world has it wrong (grin).
Concerning metric Australia, I enjoyed two splendid weeks in 2007 visiting there, in a country where your measurement is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! I use Australia as my model for a formerly inch-pound nation that successfully changed over completely to metric. The only reference to the legacy units was on a clearance sign at a building carpark entrance in Melbourne. It gave the clearance in both millimeters and feet. It's been a'flirtin' with 40ºC here in Texas, USA! > On Jul 11, 2016, at 16:50, Peter Goodyear <p...@alphalink.com.au> wrote: > > In Australia we also drive on the wrong side of the road in cars with manual > gearboxes and negotiate roundabouts clockwise in speeds measured in > kilometres per hour. It’s a miracle we’re not all dead from traffic accidents. > > It’s going to be a cold 10º today in Melbourne > > Best wishes, > > Peter Goodyear > > >> On 12 Jul 2016, at 07:39, Mark Henschel <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
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