I would favorize in metric signs international signs *only*!!! bye
Michael Payne wrote: > Reference the message from Phil Chernack below, This amendment > changes the language of Table 2 to read``MPH, or MPH and km/h''. > Which would agree with the "Law" below. I would imagine that a law > would take precedence over a "rule" published by the NHTSA (National > Highway Transportation Safety Administration). I would read that > there is no justification in any rule requiring you to replace a km > speedometer with one reading in miles as the primary display, as long > as both units were displayed. Otherwise it would contravene the > clearly worded law below. > > United States Code Title 15 > Chapter 6. Sec. 204. > > Metric system authorized > It shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ > the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract or > dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable > to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to > therein are weights or measures of the metric system. > > http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/205a.html > > Michael Payne > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Phil Chernack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 22/9/03 09:13:24 >> Subject: [USMA:27029] Definitative Answer on U.S. Fed rule on km/h >> on Dashboards >> >> To All, >> >> Straight from the FMVSS 101 ruling: >> A technical correction was issued in 2000 to "fix" the problem with >> the > rule that stated the speedometer could display "MPH and/or km/h" which > could have the result of a manufacturer putting MPH, km/h or both. > The intent of the rule was to mandate MPH and allow MPH-km/h at the > descretion of the manufacturer. This correction fixes that. >> >> http://hazmat.dot.gov/97_2718.meetingnotice.pdf >> >> Strange, coming from a government who has stated in law that SI is >> the > "preferred" system of measurement. My biggest problem is that any > manufacturer who uses MPH exclusively dooms the auto to being useful > in the US or UK only. Even then, the UK requires both. >> >> Phil > > > > --- Michael Payne > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
