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What I heard back in the day, a Michigan congressman saw a dual speed =
limit sign in English mph and Metric kph. He thought =E2=80=9Cwhy =
should I and my constituents have to learn a European Language=E2=80=9D. =
Unfortunately, the Michigan car makers encourage him to propose an =
amendment to the US law which provided for a 10 year transition to the =
metric system of weights and measures. This amendment put a temporary =
hold on the progress and has never been removed so there was no =
progression require conversion, to teach school children to learn and so =
on. However, there are many roads in the USA which still have dual =
signs which by law cannot be removed as they are under phase one of the =
law.=20
=20
Every country in the world using the English system of weights and =
measures signed the international treaty and began to covert to the =
metric systems, except the USA. In all those countries children began =
to learn the system in the 60=E2=80=99s and the use of dual signs and =
gauges were acceptable until everyone in these countries became =
knowledgeable in the metric system. Too bad we had to say =E2=80=9Cwait =
a minute =E2=80=9C which has lasted our lifetimes.
=20
Note, all automobiles, and many manufactured products are fully metric =
today except the humans which use them.
=20
Bob Begani=20
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hat I heard back in the day,=C2=A0 a Michigan congressman saw a dual =
speed limit sign in English mph and Metric kph.=C2=A0 He thought =
=E2=80=9Cwhy should I and my constituents have to learn a European =
Language=E2=80=9D.=C2=A0 Unfortunately, the Michigan car makers =
encourage him to propose an amendment to the US law which provided for a =
10 year transition to the metric system of weights and measures.=C2=A0 =
This amendment put a temporary hold on the progress and has never been =
removed so there was no progression require conversion, to teach school =
children to learn and so on.=C2=A0 However, there are many roads in the =
USA which still have dual signs which by law cannot be removed as they =
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very country in the world using the English system of weights and =
measures signed the international treaty and began to covert to the =
metric systems, except the USA.=C2=A0 In all those countries children =
began to learn the system in the 60=E2=80=99s and the use of dual signs =
and gauges were acceptable until everyone in these countries became =
knowledgeable in the metric system.=C2=A0 Too bad we had to say =
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