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

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

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

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

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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?

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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!
:idunno:

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It is weird though, if you think about it.

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

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You mean i can no longer ask for a Firkin?

And what about Pork scratchings?

12 multi packs of pork scratchings = 1 hogshead!

http://www.animationlibrary.com/Anim...ig_flies_3.gif

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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

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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.:eek:

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

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Is this some sort of mental arithmatic test to see if you are sound enough to have a passport?
I just cannot see any reason otherwise why I would want to convert, 5'11" into m&cm!

:confused:

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Blame Napoleon for the mess we are in (left handed ego maniac). Also the kilo kept as the standard in France no longer weighs a kilo its cleaned that often so in theory we are being short changed

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5' 11" = 71 inches x 2.54 = height in cms then divide by 100 end result 1.8034 metres. Though 5' 11" does sound better.

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They'll never kill our pint.
But on the original thread (I think this should be put forward for a wander award),As an outsider, not used to this route. I went this way to the meet and got there safely and on wednesday actually taking note of the route. I came of the motorway from blackburn, turned right around the roundabout in a 30 zone, entered the dual carraigeway , which is national speed limit, which in my van on a dual carriageway is 70, it's a nice clear dal carriageway, I moved out and accelerated past the cars on the inside lane up to 70. As I approcahed the top of the hill, traffic light signs are clearly vissable causing me to slow down, expecting to stop, I go over the brow, and slow to a stop at the the lights. Ahead is a 30 zone. The end. On the way back I accelarate from the lights out of the 30 zone on to the dual carriage way, and slow at the roundabout which is signed and give way, before entering the 30 zone on the island. I accelarate on the slip to join the motorway, again no problem. It's strange for a 70 to be sandwiched between two 30 zones but its perfectly safe because you've got signed lights at one end and a roundabout at the other.

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Yep you better believe it I am actually gonna say "Well said madhatter"!!!!! I don't know for certain but I actually think the accident stats for that stretch are very small in comparable to other areas. I find it a really good stretch, you actually feel like you're getting somewhere :)