Graeme Wall wrote:
On 11/09/2019 12:13, tim... wrote:


"Recliner" wrote in message
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MissRiaElaine wrote:
On 10/09/2019 20:21, Recliner wrote:
Sammi Gray-Jones wrote:

And as you rightly point out it's now 0-62.5mph, still in miles per
hour. Not 0-100 kph.


It's quoted that way for the benefit of ignorant Brits, but what they
actually measure is 0-100 km/h. Many cars are limited to 250 km/h,
described as '155 mph' for ignorant Brits.

Excuse me, but I take exception to that. I'm British (not "a Brit"
please, I'm not American either) and I use imperial measurements. I do
so because I was brought up with them and I'm used to them. I fail to
see why I should be forced to use the metric system. Why can't both be
used..? I still struggle to understand the weather forecasts when
temperatures are only quoted in degrees C.

The country went metric decades ago.

but not when it came to measuring roads


A case of pragmatism winning out, very little gain for a lot of expense.

All the road standards are metric, but it's apparently too expensive to
replace all the road signs. But it didn't stop Australia, Canada, India,
Ireland, South Africa, etc doing so.