Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
On 02/25/07 17:44, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> Michael Pobega wrote:
>
>> Off-topic from an off-topic thread? What an oxymoron.
>>
>> And yeah, teachers always say that we'll be switching to the metric
>> system but it will never happen. I'm still in high school and my economics
>> teacher says that all of the time.
>
> I read in one of the textbooks (forget which one, sorry) that US actually
> did try switching to kmph (kilometers per hour) from mph (miles per hour)
> in regards to road signs etc., But then people had a hard time following
> it. The government considered it as a failure and switched back. Someone
> please correct me if I am wrong.
You're right. It was back in the 1970s.
The cost of changing every speed limit sign in this very large
country was also considered prohibitive.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQFF4iOcS9HxQb37XmcRAgEYAJ9MiXyDSgJlmlSbJ83w2p3l9BJshACg7lo1
5caA8i0VljdSncaic3IpQeI=
=XwcW
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: