On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:19:03 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> That makes it *really* difficult to figure out fuel efficiency if you
>> don't have a computer to do that in your car.
> 
> Oh, my observation is that in the US, odometers (distance measures in
> the dashboard) read in tenths of miles, permanent signs are in halves
> and quarters of miles (as in, "next exit 2 1/2 miles") and temporary
> signs are in thousands of feet (as in "road construction 2000 feet").
> 
> That *does* make it a bit difficult to figure out wtf is going on. :-)

True, that it does.

In the UK, aren't speeds in KPH, but signs in miles?  It's been a few 
years, but I wanted to say that that was the other odd thing about 
driving over there.  Maybe I'm remembering wrong.

Jim

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