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Hello Here is a copy of
a letter i sent to Philip Johnson of the Telegraph newspaper. Hello
Philip. My name is John Mercer i live in British Columbia Canada. I
would like to challange you a little on your anti metric stance. I am
e-mailing
you from Canada, and before you think oh you are talking from a metric country I am not. There is still a lot of omperial used in Canada. The construction industry is mostly imperial. If you and the BWMA are so anti metric then you should ask the British auto industry why since before WW i they have given the displacement of engines in cc's. One of the largest diesel engine builders in the world Perkins is now using totally metric fasteners on all their engines even engines built in the UK. They too now measure the displacement of their engines in cc's. They used to measure the displacement in cubic inches. If you and the BWMA are going to have an anti metric stance yu had better take it all the way and aproach the auto industry and Perkins and another British diesel engine company that have gone totally metric lister Petter. Your argument against what i am saying might be this is industry and it doesn't affect the average person. This is true but if you are going to have an anti metric stance do it all the way. Triumph motor cycles have gone totally to metric fasteners as well. I want to say that what you said about people getting used to using metric speed and distance signs on the roads is true. On the labour day weekend of 1977 speed and distance signs were changed from miles to kilometers. At the same time any new car made for the Canadian market had to have a metric speedometer. In Jan. of 1978 my muther bought a new car, it had a metric speedometer she had no trouble getting used to it. She had been driving for almost 35 years at that time all in miles. Philip thank you very much for your time. Yours truly John Mercer. |
