Canada converted all its speed limit signs in one night. Went to bed, signs
were in mph. Woke up next morning, all were in km/h. The stick on solution
was used - very cheap, very fast, and very effective. Most lasted until they
needed to be replaced for other reasons.
When you consider
Dear John,
Our road sign metric transition was similar to the one in Canada
except that a Sunday was chosen so we could do things in daylight. For
several months beforehand, new signs were put up and covered with a
sort of hessian sacking material. All that had to happen on the Sunday
It was to do with the USA and the use of a tent.
With respect it had nothing to do with UK roads although I understand John's
concerns related to other areas of American law and life (I don't necessarily
agree, but I understand). The original point was - stating a tent is 10ft big
does not
Our own experiments with duality would seem to confirm this.
It may help the public become familiar with metric IF it is done for only a
limited time, with a published plan and timetable for phasing out the Customary
or Imperial measure. In our case, FPLA was placed in effect with no further
I was driving on the 103 in Nova Scotia from Lunenburg to Halifax ten years
ago. Part was a limited-access road. The highway signs showed evidence of
once having said miles, but it was scraped off with the new distances shown.
Carleton
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