In a message dated 2002-11-05 18:43:00 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
2002-11-05
If I am reading you correctly, it is legal to have a odometer that reads in kilometres, and it is legal to have a speedometer with kilometres per hour as the major scale, but not alone. Miles per hour must appear no matter how small. Is this correct?
Then is there really a need to convert all car speedometer units made for Canada but resold in the US. If I'm not mistaken all "American" model cars sold in Canada do have the dual scale. So, if one of these cars is imported into the US, its speedometer/odometer unit need not be changed, so why is it then?
This seems to be an unneeded expense.
John
I think that's how it is. A km-only speedometer would not be approved. I don't know about the situation where both km and miles appear but km is larger. I would argue that mph appears on it so it's OK, but they might not listen to me.
Saabs in Canada are sold with speedometers that read in km only. Most so-called "American" cars sold in Canada, including those that are made there like Ford Crown Victorias and Windstars, have dual speedometers with km predominating.
Carleton
