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Back during that supposed transitioning period all the equipment I
worked on went over to metric, because, of course, they sold world wide,
just like cars.
John
On 4/24/2020 1:12 PM, Robert Begani wrote:
>
> What I heard back in the day, a Michigan congressman saw a dual speed
> limit sign in English mph and Metric kph. He thought â??why should I
> and my constituents have to learn a European Languageâ??.Â
> 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.
>
> 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 60â??s 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 â??wait a minute â?? which
> has lasted our lifetimes.
>
> Note, all automobiles, and many manufactured products are fully metric
> today except the humans which use them.
>
> Bob Begani
>
>
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Back during that supposed transitioning period all the equipment I
worked on went over to metric, because, of course, they sold world
wide, just like cars.<br>
<br>
John<br>
<br>
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I heard back in the day, a Michigan congressman saw a dual
speed limit sign in English mph and Metric kph. He thought
â??why should I and my constituents have to learn a European
Languageâ??. 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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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 60â??s 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 â??wait a minute â?? which
has lasted our lifetimes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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all automobiles, and many manufactured products are fully
metric today except the humans which use them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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