No speed limit ?

[garinda]

Why do we still have road/speed signs in miles, when we are supposed to be metric?

[Neil]

Why do we still drive on the left hand side of the road?

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Neil

Why do we still drive on the left hand side of the road?

I didn't realise that left or right comes into metricfication.

[Neil]

Who said it did?
Your medication needs changing again - you are becoming imune to that vodka.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Neil

Who said it did?
Your medication needs changing again - you are becoming imune to that vodka.

Left or right makes no difference, though it would be nice if most of the world followed us, but when we had metricfication forced on us over thirty years ago, how come the speed limit escaped?

[Less]

Originally Posted by garinda

Left or right makes no difference, though it would be nice if most of the world followed us, but when we had metricfication forced on us over thirty years ago, how come the speed limit escaped?

Lets not go down this road and give the government ideas. They had a three day trial of driving on the right in Ireland a few years ago, they thought they would introduce it gradually 1st day h.g.v. vehicles on the right, 2nd day buses and taxis and on the 3rd day what was left!

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Less

Lets not go down this road and give the government ideas. They had a three day trial of driving on the right in Ireland a few years ago, they thought they would introduce it gradually 1st day h.g.v. vehicles on the right, 2nd day buses and taxis and on the 3rd day what was left!

It is weird though, if you think about it.

It's the only offical Imperial measurment we have left.

[Less]

Originally Posted by garinda

It is weird though, if you think about it.

It's the only offical Imperial measurment we have left.

You mean i can no longer ask for a Firkin?

And what about Pork scratchings?

12 multi packs of pork scratchings = 1 hogshead!

[entwisi]

There was an agreement that we should look to change our road signs to metric starting in 1971. We just haven't got round to it yet

There are numerous areas where we aren't metric

Distance - miles
fluid - pints(well, the only fluid that counts!)
area - acres
height-ft and inches
food - ounces, lbs etc(yes I know about the metric matrys etc but you just listen to people ordering fruit and veg everyday, its a quarter of this, 2 lbs of that etc)
Petrol- gallons

As for driving on the left, we do it, so do Japan, Malta tag along as well. why do others do differently? perhaps this explains
http://users.pandora.be/worldstandar...ft.htm#history

[garinda]

Originally Posted by entwisi

There was an agreement that we should look to change our road signs to metric starting in 1971. We just haven't got round to it yet

There are numerous areas where we aren't metric

Distance - miles
fluid - pints(well, the only fluid that counts!)
area - acres
height-ft and inches
food - ounces, lbs etc(yes I know about the metric matrys etc but you just listen to people ordering fruit and veg everyday, its a quarter of this, 2 lbs of that etc)
Petrol- gallons

As for driving on the left, we do it, so do Japan, Malta tag along as well. why do others do differently? perhaps this explains
http://users.pandora.be/worldstandar...ft.htm#history

Yes but legally everything you listed is metric, [except the pint.] Even if we still think of spuds in pounds and petrol in gallons, we buy them on kilos and litres.

Every time you need to renew your passport you have to try and work out five foot eleven in metres/cm's.

I'm not saying we should but are there any plans to change the speed limits to kilometers?