Mike Payne, list sirs: >School zone 40 km/h 10 m/s
10 m/s = 22.36936 miles/h could be thought as, say 20-25 miles/h. Exact coversions at this stage are likely to be counter productive. THINK METRIC, yes! Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 2455032)/1361+D-209W29-06 (G. Saturday, 2009 July 18H12:99 (decimal) EST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) My Profile:http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" Contact # 001 (201) 675-8548 From: metricm...@verizon.net To: usma@colostate.edu Subject: [USMA:45425] Re: Speed in metres per second Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:20:33 +0000 Russia, the "Stans", Mongolia and China use km/h for aircraft speed and m/s for wind speed. I actually find it easier to imagine wind speed in m/s, you can picture something blowing by. Mike Payne ----- Original Message ----- From: STANLEY DOORE To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Wednesday, 15 July 2009 14:37 Subject: [USMA:45377] Re: Speed in metres per second The Soviet Union use to use metres per second for aircraft speed and for reporting wind speed. I don't know if this is still the case. Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Naughtin To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:47 PM Subject: [USMA:45365] Speed in metres per second Dear All, I have just been reading this blog at http://globonsomeday.blogspot.com/2009/07/improving-metric-system.html where they say: Another metric unit commonly encountered in everyday usage is the unit of speed, kilometres per hour. The official SI base unit for time is seconds, and therefore a more appropriate measurement of speed is metres per second. For example, 100 km/h is equivalent to 27.78 m/s. I wonder if we will ever be ready to embrace the idea of using the SI unit, metres per second, for speed in everyday conversations. Let's take the example given above with sensible rounding. The speed limit on a highway might then become 25 metres per second. Other limits might go like this (using Australian examples): School zone 40 km/h 10 m/s Suburban street 60 km/h 15 m/s Main (4 lane) cross town road 70 km/h 20 m/s Highway 100 km/h 25 m/s Freeway 110 km/h 30 m/s It might be interesting to see this idea applied to speed limits in Asia, Europe, the UK and the USA. Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the forthcoming book, Metrication Leaders Guide. PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports pics. Check it out. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_photos_072009&cat=sports
