On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:25:48 -0500, Mueen Nawaz wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> 	My understanding was that it's meant to be a temporary problem, 
not
> lasting more than a generation. Imperial units usage was common there
> until recently, and is still common when it comes to miles. The hope was
> that the new generation will be more comfortable with km. No idea if
> that's the case.
> 
> 	I believe (others can correct me if I'm wrong), almost all signs 
there
> are in both miles and kilometers.

Last time I was over there, I remember commenting on it talking to a 
friend as I was driving his car (first time out, always good to drive 
with someone who actually knows - and he had a vested interest, since it 
was his car), and his comment was that it came down to a cost issue - 
replacing perfectly good signs with other perfectly good signs wasn't 
seen as cost-effective.

Jim

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