Not only is the use of feet inconsistent, but to say "an extra few feet of stopping distance" shows a terrible knowledge of elementary physics. Relative to normal tires, snow tires should provide a shorter stopping distance. Bill Potts Roseville, CA <http://metric1.org/> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Scott Hudnall Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 23:43 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:39777] Re: Canadians fight back It is always good to see progress. A few weeks ago I saw a commercial for the Canadian Tire Company on one of the Canadian TV stations we get on cable here in Seattle. The ad stated that their snow tires give an extra few feet of stopping distance when traveling at 60 km/h. I forgot the exact distance they claimed, but found the mix of units odd. On 2007-11 -25, at 17:08 , Ezra Steinberg wrote: I was shopping at a hardware store a little northeast of Seattle when I saw tubes of clean, washed sand marked "30 kg / 66 lb". I started to congratulate our continued shift to (rational) metric as evidenced by this weight labeling when I noticed that the manufacturer was located in Vancouver, BC! At least there are times when the Canadians can push back and influence us in the right direction as opposed to all the ways we create a drag on Canada's evolution toward metric because of our overwhelming presence in the land of USC (US Customary) units. It also shows that at least some Canadian manufacturers have shifted into "metric mode" in their thinking by adopting a rational metric size for their packaging. Ezra
