The TEXAS DOT is going back to imperial becuase of the contractors complaints that they do not understand metric.
From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [USMA:29296] RE: Was ist los mit diesem Bild?
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:42:03 -0800
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Gar nichts. Es is in den Vereinigten Staaten, wohin die Zeichen und die Wegmesseren in Meilen sind. Es würde schwer sein, die Einheiten zu übersetzen.
Translation:
Euric's question was What is wrong with this picture?
My answer is: Nothing at all. It is in the United States, in which the signs and odometers are in miles. It would be hard to translate the units.
Although all of us would rather everything here was SI, it would simply be confusing to provide a foreign visitor with units that didn't correspond to those on the dash of his/her rented car. Of course, it would be much better (and more respectful) if the sign showed both miles and kilometers.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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- Subject: [USMA:29294] Was ist los mit diesem Bild?
- Was ist los mit diesem Bild?
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- March 15, 2003
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