"I suspect the few existing metric signs will revert to USC units when they are up for replacement. I remarked on this in another message, but everyone was too excited by hidden kilometers on UK position signs."
Well...hidden or not (as in no km markings on the signs) doesn't change the fact that there are 20,000 signs on UK public roads with kilometre measurements on them. The fact that these signs have no km markings doesn't negate the fact that these signs are in kilometres. It would obviously make more sense if these signs DID have km written on them, but that is this country all over. Common sense matters little. Still doesn't change the fact that there are thousands of signs for public use on UK public roads with kilometre measurements, though, despite what SteveH may claim. ----- Original Message ----- From: John M. Steele To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:21 PM Subject: [USMA:46684] RE: And, by the way...... Sadly, there is little there to discuss. The latest (2009) MUTCD has deleted metric dimensioning of signs. Well it is "hiding" in an appendix, but you'd have to do some work to dig it out. Metric messages for the signs have been entirely deleted. I suspect the few existing metric signs will revert to USC units when they are up for replacement. I remarked on this in another message, but everyone was too excited by hidden kilometers on UK position signs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Stephen Davis <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, February 18, 2010 2:29:06 PM Subject: [USMA:46681] RE: And, by the way...... "Perhaps we could steer this more towards the use of imperial or metric on roads in the USA which - after all - is what this listserver is meant to be representing (even if the occasional glimpse of 'how others do it' adds some interest to the debate)."
