This is because they are slavishly obeying the AP Stylebook.
Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 05:43 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53483] RE: Fleet Genius Pro management software now supports metric system | Technology content from Fleet Owner Another version of the press release shows some screen shots, and it uses km/L; however, it mis-symbolizes as KPL. It also showed examples of maximum speed and average speed etc to demonstrate safety features. As the maximum speed was in excess of 150 km/h(156?) and mis-symbolized as KPH, I concluded they don't understand metric very well and chose not to post the article. I found a link to that other article, but it may not be working. My browser can't reload the page: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t <http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=2&cad=r ja&ved=0CC0QqQIoADAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prweb.com%2Freleases%2F2013%2F12%2 Fprweb11450702.htm&ei=CeXHUrjYK8qwygGE04DICw&usg=AFQjCNGe4dRq_GMG8HNxjp_iw7q tjMrluQ&sig2=68UAzIzFwqUpUUyvAKPYsw> &rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CC0QqQIoADAB&url=http%3 A%2F%2Fwww.prweb.com%2Freleases%2F2013%2F12%2Fprweb11450702.htm&ei=CeXHUrjYK 8qwygGE04DICw&usg=AFQjCNGe4dRq_GMG8HNxjp_iw7qtjMrluQ&sig2=68UAzIzFwqUpUUyvAK PYsw _____ From: Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com <mailto:vliets...@btinternet.com> > To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu <mailto:usma@colostate.edu> > Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2014 2:50 AM Subject: [USMA:53482] RE: Fleet Genius Pro management software now supports metric system | Technology content from Fleet Owner Does the package use L/100 km or km/L when displaying fuel consumption? I know that the European convention of L/100 km is not popular everywhere, but to the commercial user, it is the most sensible. A trucking manager might well look at his costs as follows (the actual figures are total works of fiction on my part): Amortistaion - 75c / km Tyres - 55c km Fuel - 121c / km Labour - 132c / km If he calculated his fuel costs in L/100 km, then he need only multiply the cost of fuel (in $/L) by his consumption to get the price in cents per kilometre. If he used L/km, he would have to use division rather than multiplication to get his answer. In IT, multiplication is always preferred to division because firstly one will never come across the "divide by zero" problem and secondly A*B is identical to B*A, but A/B does not equal B/A. -----Original Message----- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu <mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu> [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu <mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu> ] On Behalf Of Metric Rules Info Sent: 03 January 2014 21:28 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53481] Fleet Genius Pro management software now supports metric system | Technology content from Fleet Owner http://m.fleetowner.com/technology/fleet-genius-pro-management-software-now- supports-metric-system Sent from my iPhone
