NEVER,NEVER,NEVER in America. Australia would be a much nicer easier place to visit without that damn (French) metric system. Why? Would you do this? If the Government & military wants to use it fine,but why impose it on little old ladies who've never known anything but customary English measurements?
Bottom line - Australia converted to metric, no problems, no hassles. I can definitely see why the Americans don't want/can't have it, because Fox News and their mouthpieces would smash the government for introducing a socialist, New World Order, French-origin system which would require replacement of every sign with a distance on it in the country, rather than catering to rich people. I'm not so sure why the Poms don't want it, though.
@mubd1234 Because just a few hundred years ago all white English speaking people lived on a couple of small islands. Then our forefathers went out and conquered & colonized half the world. Let the world conform to us. We do the imposing on them not the other way round. Besides I don't think in metric measurements.
I don't think in imperial measurements. By your logic, we should all be using the old British currency system (20 pence in a shilling, 12 shillings in a pound), because confused housewives and old people wouldn't understand the new system.
@mubd1234 The America people don't want it.That's the bottom line.Why should we throw away our cultural heritage to please the world. It's our tradition. There must be some Australians who feel the same or the birth announcements in Oz would be in Imperial. Are they written for Americans? Of course not.The metric system is superior there's no arguing it's not. Imperial is nonsensical,but so is loyalty to Crown at this late date for Commonwealth countries. Yet,you still do that.
@waitew If you're an American who wants to go into medicine, science, or many military careers, you will HAVE TO learn the metric system. As a nurse, I can tell you that while we may announce a baby's weight to the parents in pounds, we record it on the medical charts in KILOGRAMS (7lbs=3.18 kg). This is because many medications are weight based, and the dosage calculations use kilograms. Americans will eventually have to bite the bullet and convert to metric. Might as well start doing it now!
@NDNgirl4ever I am American. I spent a month in OZ in 1985. It was obvious even then younger Aussies didn't understand imperial. Why do you give birth weights in pounds when the parents don't understand them? Is it for the Grandparents? or is it that to some degree you feel Imperial is a part of your British heritage the same as we do? I don't mind metrics in medicine or the military,but I don't want to see them in the supermarket or on road signs. Is that too much to ask?
@waitew Also, I really don't care about the fact that imperial is part of our heritage or tradition. Sometimes traditions change, and metric is much easier once you get used to it.
@NDNgirl4ever One funny thing.When my children (triplets) were born (premature [27weeks] in the USA) I was told their birth weights in grams.The nurse was meet was a blank stare (I had no clue) then she converted it Imperial for me at which point I nearly died. Brace yourself: 710,710,768 Grams. I know you understand that,I certainly didn't.
I don't understand, Americans seem to be soo self-absorbed and retarded simultaneously. If you really HATE metric system, at least introduce a *dual system* with both metric & imperial terms everywhere. For those hardcore flag-waving douchbags, let'em read back-asswarded *MPH* and let them indulge in their small world. Why the xxxx abandoning all the metric signs is still beyond me... no one asked you to metricate completely overnight, but why did US go backwards by abandoning metrics?!
I am not sure what Ronald Reagan has to do with this commercial. I you expressing anger towards him because he never brought us in to the metric system?
You don't have to be a mathematician to convert kmh to mph. Just drop the zero and multiply by 6. eg 60kmh x 6 =36mph. 80 x 6 =48. This will keep you just under the limit. In Ireland about 25 yes ago they tried to bring out the half litter jar of Guinness. Or the Little Pint. It lasted pissin time.
For a time in the 1980s, Hawaii switched to selling gasoline by the liter instead of by the gallon after prices went over $1 per gallon and some existing pumps couldn't be adjusted to show a 3-digit price. I think this was the only state-wide switch to metric that ever happened in the USA. And, of course, we switched back to gallons eventually. So much for that.
Resistance to changing to this "foreign" system in America gets some people insane with xenophobia.
Australia, an english speaking country use a french anti-anglosaxon system of measurement???? Such a shame, Shame on You Aussies!!!
Glad the USA and the UK did not follow the Aussies in their New World Order system. Metric is crap. English speakin countries must use Imperial Units.
@TheDutchLoyalist Did you know that the first person who thought of creating a metric-like system of measurements was actually a British scientist? No, of course you didn't, because you're ignorant, paranoid and xenophobic. The French merely adjusted this idea a little bit and were the first to implement it politically, but they did not invent it.
The perfect answer from a bilderberger slave. If you are using imperial you are a ''very ''very'' ''bad'' conservative, ''ignorant'' and ''xenophobic'' person. Did you know the Mile was invented from the Roman Empire''. Ever heard of Milestones???.... How about a nice cup of shut the fuck up????
@TheDutchLoyalist metric seems to make more sense to use though, especially in terms of money and measurement. its alot quicker and easier to multiply by 10 than it is to multiply by 12. neither way is wrong, its just the metric system is more economical. thats why we use it :)
I'm an American...and I think it's time that America went metric! It's easier to learn, more logical (based on multiples of ten), and used in EVERY other industrialised nation.
@1prouddemocrat "I'm an American...and I think it's time that America went metric! "
You'll notice the US military and NASA did long ago... with the exception of Mars Polar Orbiter. They let some group of idiots out in the private sector work something out in Imperial and result was the probe turned into a metallic bug hitting a zapper in the Martian atmosphere.
I was a junior school child of the 70's and learnt both Imperial and metric measurements. We were taught how to convert one into the other, if needed. A simple set of number gave you the ability to convert one to the other. I guess I had, (and still have, at times), the advantage to be able to use both systems.
The km locator signs are on 90% of UK motorways now. They start at 0 km from the motorway and are situated at 500 m intervals in preparation for the rest of the signs to be updated.
For the UK, I can see no benefit in changing to kmh, other than to waste a load of tax payers money and cause confusion - so I guess we can expect the conversion sometime in the near future then.
Let me elucidate: if a UK company wants to sell say planks of wood it has to sell them in either cm or metres, if not it won´t be able to sell. Re pre-decimal currency it and imperial units go hand in hand so get petitioning. I notice that working class people tend to use duodecimal and more educated S.I., solely an observation.
You may comprehend anachronistic duodecimal measures as the older generation inculcates it in the younger generation ergo the more logical, global SI will simply take a period to disappear just as pounds, ounces, quarters etc... As a teacher who is 44 I can tell you that you were educated in metric and not the duodecimal system.
I am under 45 and I understand the imperial system and it works, so why change it, as for the bridge signs they are mainly in both sfeet and metres. It is illegal for British road signs to be just in the metric form. My personal view is that the metric system is crap. If you share the belief that we should have the right to choose take alook at bwma web site you can google it !
@Frates1 And why is it crap? That's a bit strange when you consider that 97% of the world use it. But perhaps the UK is a superior country that understands things better than anybody else.
@Frates1 So you're saying it was a mistake to go from pounds, shillings and pence to decimal currency? It's the same thing, rather than random numbers plucked out of the air by a king, all the measurements are done by base 10 units.
In Australia, you're not taught imperial measurements and on a normal day, you would never come across imperial measurements and if you did, you would use Google to convert it to metric. I still don't know how many feet are in a mile.
@wilson809isback Don't worry about it. It takes a while to get used to temperatures in Celsius, but if we could do it in Australia, you can do it too: Remember:
@Frates1 Yeah, because in the UK, you're using centigrade, therefore you think it's more logical. If you were using metric you would say the same. So you say it's crap solely because you're not accustomed to it, not because you have solid arguments to prove your point, which makes it a purely emotional statement. Reasoning with one's heart instead of one's brain is a never a good thing.
@Ashbury2193 Remember this, Fahrenheit is much more accurate than Celsius is. So if you want to live a life that is easier and more accurate, then you should probably go with Fahrenheit, but you guys don't. Which honestly makes no sense. Just because of the Kelvin cycle you guys change? I don't know the reason but still... I mean come on using Celsius over Fahrenheit makes as much sense as using inches, feet, and yards over centimeters, meters, kilometers.
@gogetareeljob If you want more accuracy from Celsius temperatures you simply use tenths of a degree. Apart from the USA, the whole world uses Celsius, so it's the US that is out of step rather than the rest of the world. Ditto with the metric system.
@Ashbury2193 America uses both systems. Even when it comes to Temp. We got F in big numbers and Cels. in small letters next to it. We use both, but everyone I know personally, even outside the USA prefers Fahrenheit over Celsius. Americans prefer Imperial over Metric, not because they think its better, but because we are used to it. There is no reason for us to change to just one system, if we know both. That's like saying everyone should only know one language. Not exactly, but close to it.
@gogetareeljob In Australia we were also used to the Imperial system of weights and measures but we changed to the metric system in the 1970s. Most of the change made surprisingly little difference, including the change of the road signs. Celsius temperatures are now used here by everyone, and for young people, Fahrenheit temperatures are quite foreign. So just because you are used to the older measures doesn't mean you can't get used to the new.
@Ashbury2193 I never said we couldn't get used to it, but seeing how we use both and know both, we have no reason to get rid of imperial altogether. Other than other countries wants us too just because they want us to be just like them. Hm, well if that was the case then I'm pretty sure my ancestors wouldn't have came to America if they wanted to be like everyone in the UK. Which will also include Australia. We just don't have a reason to change to just one, when we know both.
@gogetareeljob Juggling between two systems can be a recipe for confusion, as the wreckage Mars Challenger demonstrates. Protestant Britain changed to the Pope Gregory's calendar in 1752 because it was more accurate. Europe adopted Arabic numerals in place of Roman numerals because they were better. All countries adopted decimal currency because it made money calculations simpler. A quick changeover can be cheaper, simpler and less confusing.
Who in the flying crap do you know? Mental patients? I can't begin to imagine what a non-american who prefers Fahrenheit over Celsius looks like.
Having just one language would be to kill the diversity that motivates us to improve ourselves. Having just one system of measurements only makes it easier to measure, build, communicate, and graph what is around us.
To see what I mean, imagine that Europe uses different seconds, minutes, hours and days. That would just be a pain.
@cristobalito66 Why would you want the world all the same? Japan has a different alphabet and the US does just fine using the imperial system.
When you think of the huge cost of change over in Britain say, in engineering; the machinery, the measuring instruments, the designs, screw threads, drawings, the familiarity of the system to the workers themselves, it's little surprise manufacturing went down the shoot. After witnessing, maybe this is why the US changed its mind on going metric?
Your argument is unfounded as the U.S. uses a duodecimal system in which e.g. the gallon equal 3.8 litres but when used around 20 years ago in Britain equalled 4.5 litres. It is not about being the same but universal comprehension. The world now uses 24 hours in a day. In addition, UK industry is now fully metricated.
@cristobalito66 If the world used the metric way of thinking, there would be ten days in a week and ten hours in a day !!! unworkable, which is way the imperial system wins when comes to dividing.
@cristobalito66 You're obviously not an engineer. For instance, Rolls Royce aircraft engine components are made to imperial spec. Formula 1 car construction in this country uses inches. Many engineers, like myself resolutely use inches. We just find them easier.
UK industry is now fully metricated? My friend, you're in cloud cuckoo land.
You resoluted to stuck with inches?!You are a failure example of engineer....No (great) engineer I know would say they love imperial system (indeed, all of'em hate it!), they simply stick to it coz there's no other way around. My dad who's a great mechanic engineer HATES imperial measure down to his guts. If US can go metric, his tool box should be halfed in weight, due to extra tool set for imperial measures.
@du39104 Realistically I don't care either way which system is used. The only thing that I have an opinion on is that Fahrenheit is better than Celsius for measuring air temperature.
You can´t stop progress. 98% of the UK´s motorways now have km locator signs placed at intervals of 500 m. Just look next time you travel along the motorway.
@cristobalito66 I think you're getting mixed up with the locator markers, placed 100m apart (or is it a sixteenth of a mile?). These have been there for as long as I can remember, back in the late 70's. Where though, cristo are these actual Km distance signs signs you talk about? I've not seen any.
I went imperial just after I left school, becoming a precision engineer in the late eighties. Best switch I ever made. The imperial system is mathematically far superior, having divisible bases and the option of being decimalised. Don't knock it till you learn it!
It's funny, a lot of pro metric types I've spoken to would rather a 1000 degree circle to a 360, proving they know little about simple mathematics. If metric is so good, why aren't many in Britain adopting it unless by enforcement?
@matt5363 Sure, you can pick out the odd measurement that works best in the imperial format but metric is way better for most things imo. Especially when you need to add/subtract many different measurements.
@tubester4567 As I said, you've always had the choice of decimalising an imperial unit if needed. In engineering for instance you have the option of natural divisibles eg 1/4" 1/8" 1/16" etc or decimal (thous) eg .001" .002. This makes for a more versatile system and therefore easier to use.
With metric it's a bit like cutting four strings off a guitar and saying 'there you go, it's now easier to play'. With imperial you have the full six strings.
@matt5363 - the metric system has 'natural divisibles' too and far simpler ones - compare breaking up a mile into eighths with breaking a kilometre into tenths eg 600 metres or three-eighths of a mile. Rather than the guitar string analogy, I'd suggest it's more along the lines of Roman numerals versus the modern numbering system. I must admit I'm amazed - never thought I'd encounter someone claiming the imperial system is superior to the metric!
@314159192829 Try dividing a Km into thirds. It cant be done, or into 6, for that matter. The beauty of the imperial system is its units are designed to be highly divisible. For this reason you can make the calculations in youre head. With metric you need a calculator to make calculations of any depth (this is why decimal units were virtually unknown until the invention of the slide rule). Eighth of a mile? Easy, it's a furlong.
Check out the Dozenal Society of Great Britain for further reasons
Metric really is the way to go.Australia went to some empire conference in London in the 1890's and suggested the empire adopt the metric system of weights and measures.The poms nearly had a fit!!LOL
Sonyhandycam520 your argument is unfounded as all the Commonwealth nations have adopted SI. In fact Britain is far ahead of the U.S. since litres, kilos, mm, cm and metres are also used plus there are new blue kilometre signs located at intervals of 500 m on all the motorways.
The problem in the US is that they call the miles-feet-inches-crap part of their so called "culture" ... that's why they didn't change till now – or they r just too dumb. :D
The way this guy pronounces "hour" is making me crack up. It's just sounds like a bullfrog that's about to upchuck it or something. But stupid comments notwithstanding, at least they informed the people on what that meant made the switch as quickly as possible.
@AdelioAltomar the "general" Australian accent was always considered too common sounding for radio and TV for a great many years. There was like an official radio voice almost. Now it's mostly all one hears except for the few who still "posh" it up a bit on air.
I can remember the newspapers in Sydney printed full sized speedometer images that you could cut out and stick over your existing one to help you out until you either got used to the new system or bought a new car.
I would assume it would have only been for Holdens and Fords.
@waitew and yet the USofA has coped just fine with decimal money for years. Trust them to be virtually the only country that hasn't gone metric. I think there are now only 3 or 4.
@leglessinoz Who would want a a system devised by a police state ie France around the beginning of the 19th centuary, where as the imperial system has evolved natuarly over time relating to the human body and what is around us. Also you can't divide in12's or 8's etc. I think you need to be thick if you can't use the imperial system, if I can any one can !
@Frates1 You are evidently ignorant of the fact that the so-called British pint originates in France from "la pinte", the mile from Italy as well as feet and inches. The issues are simple: International business does not operate anymore in duodecimal units, having adopted S.I.
@cristobalito66 What has our roads, shops and pubs got to do with international trade. The lsd system of currency only looks quaint now because it was scrapped nearly 40 years ago which is what metric lovers are hoping for the rest of the system.
My spelling isn't the best, I admit to that but if I can understand the imperial system any one can !
Are you a trolll? I bet you are... Even flag-waving douchbags won't yelling over youtube over "how much Imperial system is better", they knew it's inferior but since they are stupid, they refuse to adopt metrics yet their ressistance is pretty secret as they understand those who do love imperial measure is even douchier than themselves... but you , you are an exception, yelling "Imperial Measure is Superior" is like telling people "Look! What an imbecile I am!"
I fail to understand how using the metric system would be linked to communism or the New World Order, but I would be interested to hear your point of view.
For example the EU force Britain for a long time to use metric values instead of imperial. There are people in the UK who were send to court because of using pound and ounces. Remember Steve Thoburn?? Let the people choose what system they like to use. EU, bilderberger groups and other NWO propagandists tried to destroy nations culture and replace it by one big grey communist society....
There's a problem in the US, though, with the conversion between the Imperial system and the metric system used nearly everywhere else in the world. It costs the US an exorbitant amount to make the conversions while acting in trade. Because this is a drain to the US's already fragile economy, it would make sense to switch to metric for international trade. Sure, no one is saying you can't still use tbls/cups while baking, but metric does make sense for trade and science.
I cannot understand why technically-advanced nations like the UK and the US can't do what we did in Australia so easily in the mid seventies. At school we suffered learning that so many ounces = one pound, etc... Metric was far easier. Everything was in base 10 and the names of the units indicated their smaller components. Hence "kilo" metre was made up of one thousand metres, etc...
And people think Aussies are backward...sheesh! :)
Here in Britain the problem is a pervasive belief that metrication is something imposed on Britain by the EU -- even though the decision was made by Parliament in 1965 -- a full 8 years before the UK joined the EEC (as it was known then). Opposition to metrication is thus seen as an act of patriotism!
But given that one of the factors behind the decline of British industry was probably waste due to metric/imperial conversion errors, is it REALLY patriotic to oppose metrication?
It is ironic because when Australia made the decision to go metric (Jan 19, 1970 for buffs) one of the main reasons given was that the UK was going to change as well...
@anthrass The Australian government looked into changing our money to a decimal system back in 1902 but it was rejected at the time. Menzies brought it up again the 1950's but it wasn't implemented until the 1960's due to the credit squeeze at the time. When we did start to change to an all decimal based system for everything it all happened pretty quickly though.
Could that be because £1 could buy you a house in 1970 - so when it got decimalised and turned out to be NEW £3 - you're going "it's 3 times more expensive!!" when the actual value (because your wages would be "tripled" as well) is roughly the same?
I know some people tried to cream off a few extra pence by rounding up, though.
@tripsadelica Hear hear, same here in Canada... though we do tend to have what they call "soft metric" because we share so many sizes with the States. Like we get a lot of things sized in weird numbers like 355ml, 591ml, 710ml, 454g, etc., because it's cheaper to use US packaging sizes for bottles, cans, and boxes, and they reflect US fl. oz and pounds.
The biggest dif is temperature. 32 sounds like it should be balmy, but in Fahrenheit it means you'll freeze your nuts off.
I live in the UK and I think the old imperial system is a pain! I had no idea Australia had embraced the metric system way back in the 70's! Proud of ye!
I hope to live to see a similar ad in the US. It's about time we went metric. If there is one country that could pull off such a conversion on a grand scale, it is the United States. Unfortunately the political will is nonexistent.
I really wish we (the US) would convert. We are more than 50% there and economically it would be very advantageous for us. I remember back in the 70's and 80's we were supposed to be converting and SI was all the school system I was in taught us. Sadly the conversion didn't happen and there is a whole generation of Americans that didn't learn customary units. I love SI and I am constantly using it and teaching others it ease.
It is high time the UK made the switch! What is the point in educating people in metric units when the road signs are still in miles even though bridges are in metres and now there are new km signs on the motorway placed at 500 m intervals. Not one person under 45 was ever educated in the duodecimal system in Britain! What a mess!
Yes I agree and I have also voted this as a good comment there is a slight inacuracy though ....not all bridge heights are in metric YET however the government is now comitted to introducing dual signage for both height and width I welcome this common sense proposal but I think we should go all the way following the Irish model our road signage should be quickly understood by all drivers from all backgrounds especially as we now transport nearly everything into the uk using mainly road haulage
@cristobalito66 Wow that is silly.I remember a british ex-serviceman carping on how he went to war to preserve the imperial system of weights and measures.Honestly what a joke.Metric is great.
@cristobalito66 so you're saying you can't handle metric units for some things and imperial for others? I hope you don't order beer in 0.568 litre glasses.
@cristobalito66 God, do you mean to tell me the British, in EUROPE, haven't gotten around to adopting Metric yet? Cripes, we did this in Canada like almost 40 years ago... and that's despite living next to those ass-dragging Yankees. What are the British waiting for?
for simplicity and get a rough estimative it is easier to add 50% to the value in miles. 50 mph = 50 +25 = 75 km/h ... of course the correc value is to add 60%, but 50% is easier to calculate and give a safe margin.
Its always easier to what your brought up with but jeez, i swear someone pulled out the imperial system out of there ass n said yeah sure thats what were doing. The metric system is atleast quite constant in its unit derivations and stepping up of units is extremely easy.
i have allways thought the exact same thing, today i made some blueprints in construction class in metric but i forgot that all of the tape measures are imperial so i had to convert all the measurements, but it didn't work because they weren't round numbers so i got inches with decimals 8.8 was one of numbers i think(try to figure out what .8 of a inch is), anyway why aren't stupid tape measures metric in canada ?
It worked in Australia. We converted all the road signs in one month, and that was that. We got used to the conversions mentioned in the ad. and there were no problems.
yes it would work here in the uk too though less of an issue here being as though nearly all vehicles sold in the uk after the begining of the 1980s have both mph and kmh on the speedometer so not a problem at all.... buses actually have the kmh reading on the outside of the dial I pray that comon sense will prevail and lead those in authority to change over soon perhaps following the Irish model (the ROI changed over in 2005)
@Ashbury2193 There are alot of signs in the UK, it would be a total waste of money for a system that quite frankly no one want's or most people anyway ! The only way we have this system forced on us is by law with out any say and I think this is a disgrace.
@Frates1 "Wants" is the 3rd person singular of the infinitive "to want" thus requires no apostrophe. By the way Frates1 why do you not petition for the return of duodecimal currency as well?
NEVER,NEVER,NEVER in America. Australia would be a much nicer easier place to visit without that damn (French) metric system. Why? Would you do this? If the Government & military wants to use it fine,but why impose it on little old ladies who've never known anything but customary English measurements?
waitew 5 days ago
Bottom line - Australia converted to metric, no problems, no hassles. I can definitely see why the Americans don't want/can't have it, because Fox News and their mouthpieces would smash the government for introducing a socialist, New World Order, French-origin system which would require replacement of every sign with a distance on it in the country, rather than catering to rich people. I'm not so sure why the Poms don't want it, though.
mubd1234 1 week ago
@mubd1234 Because just a few hundred years ago all white English speaking people lived on a couple of small islands. Then our forefathers went out and conquered & colonized half the world. Let the world conform to us. We do the imposing on them not the other way round. Besides I don't think in metric measurements.
waitew 5 days ago
@waitew
I don't think in imperial measurements. By your logic, we should all be using the old British currency system (20 pence in a shilling, 12 shillings in a pound), because confused housewives and old people wouldn't understand the new system.
mubd1234 5 days ago
@mubd1234 The America people don't want it.That's the bottom line.Why should we throw away our cultural heritage to please the world. It's our tradition. There must be some Australians who feel the same or the birth announcements in Oz would be in Imperial. Are they written for Americans? Of course not.The metric system is superior there's no arguing it's not. Imperial is nonsensical,but so is loyalty to Crown at this late date for Commonwealth countries. Yet,you still do that.
waitew 5 days ago
@waitew If you're an American who wants to go into medicine, science, or many military careers, you will HAVE TO learn the metric system. As a nurse, I can tell you that while we may announce a baby's weight to the parents in pounds, we record it on the medical charts in KILOGRAMS (7lbs=3.18 kg). This is because many medications are weight based, and the dosage calculations use kilograms. Americans will eventually have to bite the bullet and convert to metric. Might as well start doing it now!
NDNgirl4ever 2 days ago
@NDNgirl4ever I am American. I spent a month in OZ in 1985. It was obvious even then younger Aussies didn't understand imperial. Why do you give birth weights in pounds when the parents don't understand them? Is it for the Grandparents? or is it that to some degree you feel Imperial is a part of your British heritage the same as we do? I don't mind metrics in medicine or the military,but I don't want to see them in the supermarket or on road signs. Is that too much to ask?
waitew 2 days ago
@waitew I'm an American as well.
NDNgirl4ever 1 day ago
@waitew Also, I really don't care about the fact that imperial is part of our heritage or tradition. Sometimes traditions change, and metric is much easier once you get used to it.
NDNgirl4ever 1 day ago
@NDNgirl4ever "I really don't care about the fact that imperial is part of our heritage or tradition."[Quote] I'm sorry to hear that.
waitew 1 day ago
@NDNgirl4ever One funny thing.When my children (triplets) were born (premature [27weeks] in the USA) I was told their birth weights in grams.The nurse was meet was a blank stare (I had no clue) then she converted it Imperial for me at which point I nearly died. Brace yourself: 710,710,768 Grams. I know you understand that,I certainly didn't.
waitew 2 days ago
I don't understand, Americans seem to be soo self-absorbed and retarded simultaneously. If you really HATE metric system, at least introduce a *dual system* with both metric & imperial terms everywhere. For those hardcore flag-waving douchbags, let'em read back-asswarded *MPH* and let them indulge in their small world. Why the xxxx abandoning all the metric signs is still beyond me... no one asked you to metricate completely overnight, but why did US go backwards by abandoning metrics?!
du39104 1 month ago
@SillyboyZero He has a cultivated Australian accent. ie not a bogan accent "purrr owwwahh"
boogiefever1985 1 month ago
what county the usa? i would like to to go metric here, PLEASE make the usa metric, that is all.
newworldtoday 1 month ago
@newworldtoday This is from Australia
boogiefever1985 1 month ago
Liberia, Myanmar, US and Canada are just the silliest countries in the world
syalcin123 4 months ago
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Both systems are deserving. Pointless to rid one when you know both.
SlimeAmTheBest 5 months ago
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SlimeAmTheBest 5 months ago
Imperial is alive and well in Canada
MJPAMPII 5 months ago 2
Oh good, now I can drive FASTER! I'll save tons of time! ;)
juantrippe82 6 months ago
Go metric or go home.
sweiland75 6 months ago
FUCK YOU RONALD REAGAN! FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU!
mainchow10 7 months ago 13
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@mainchow10 I'm glad the USA didn't convert to the metric system!
MrTennesseeVols 4 months ago
@MrTennesseeVols why?
mainchow10 3 months ago
@MrTennesseeVols You're glad, but everyone else isn't. Didn't you see? Your comment got too many negative votes.
mainchow10 3 months ago
@MrTennesseeVols
why?
seanki98 3 months ago
@MrTennesseeVols Why the hell not?
boogiefever1985 1 month ago
@mainchow10
I am not sure what Ronald Reagan has to do with this commercial. I you expressing anger towards him because he never brought us in to the metric system?
Smartboy8877 3 months ago
@Smartboy8877 Ronald Reagan was the reason the US failed to switch to metric.
mainchow10 3 months ago
@mainchow10
I see what you are saying now. It is because of his conservative point of view that our country never switched.
Smartboy8877 3 months ago
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@Smartboy8877 Good. You can click the thumbs up on my comment if you want.
mainchow10 3 months ago
@mainchow10 I think this is strine. Well I'm in Britain, got roots in Scotland and going to Canada
jjovereats 2 months ago
@SillyboyZero haha i know right.. he's apparently saying 'per hour'.. just all wierdy
ellzyss 8 months ago
You don't have to be a mathematician to convert kmh to mph. Just drop the zero and multiply by 6. eg 60kmh x 6 =36mph. 80 x 6 =48. This will keep you just under the limit. In Ireland about 25 yes ago they tried to bring out the half litter jar of Guinness. Or the Little Pint. It lasted pissin time.
Seanmcdhuibhne 8 months ago 4
For a time in the 1980s, Hawaii switched to selling gasoline by the liter instead of by the gallon after prices went over $1 per gallon and some existing pumps couldn't be adjusted to show a 3-digit price. I think this was the only state-wide switch to metric that ever happened in the USA. And, of course, we switched back to gallons eventually. So much for that.
Resistance to changing to this "foreign" system in America gets some people insane with xenophobia.
hebneh 9 months ago
Australia, an english speaking country use a french anti-anglosaxon system of measurement???? Such a shame, Shame on You Aussies!!!
Glad the USA and the UK did not follow the Aussies in their New World Order system. Metric is crap. English speakin countries must use Imperial Units.
TheDutchLoyalist 9 months ago
@TheDutchLoyalist Did you know that the first person who thought of creating a metric-like system of measurements was actually a British scientist? No, of course you didn't, because you're ignorant, paranoid and xenophobic. The French merely adjusted this idea a little bit and were the first to implement it politically, but they did not invent it.
Saruman38 9 months ago
@Saruman38
The perfect answer from a bilderberger slave. If you are using imperial you are a ''very ''very'' ''bad'' conservative, ''ignorant'' and ''xenophobic'' person. Did you know the Mile was invented from the Roman Empire''. Ever heard of Milestones???.... How about a nice cup of shut the fuck up????
TheDutchLoyalist 9 months ago
@TheDutchLoyalist metric seems to make more sense to use though, especially in terms of money and measurement. its alot quicker and easier to multiply by 10 than it is to multiply by 12. neither way is wrong, its just the metric system is more economical. thats why we use it :)
s14filmsetc 8 months ago
@TheDutchLoyalist Enjoy converting 25 ounces to pounds.
mubd1234 1 week ago
I'm an American...and I think it's time that America went metric! It's easier to learn, more logical (based on multiples of ten), and used in EVERY other industrialised nation.
1prouddemocrat 9 months ago
@1prouddemocrat "I'm an American...and I think it's time that America went metric! "
You'll notice the US military and NASA did long ago... with the exception of Mars Polar Orbiter. They let some group of idiots out in the private sector work something out in Imperial and result was the probe turned into a metallic bug hitting a zapper in the Martian atmosphere.
PatchesRips 9 months ago
I don't see why the US needs to change. I don't have a problem with metric, just see it as too trivial to care about.
Ovalshine 10 months ago
For me, measurements have to have something you can relate to easily.
On the one hand, I know what I'll get if I order a pint.
But in the shops, I also know what a litre looks and feels like - and a coke can (330 ml)
Weights - I'm totally metric for shopping - 1 kg = a bag of sugar
But I use stone to monitor my weight (probably upbringing - although I've started to switch to kg)
Transport - miles and mph. Because I "feel" what a mile is and how fast each mph speed limit is.
jazzx251 10 months ago
I was a junior school child of the 70's and learnt both Imperial and metric measurements. We were taught how to convert one into the other, if needed. A simple set of number gave you the ability to convert one to the other. I guess I had, (and still have, at times), the advantage to be able to use both systems.
JFredUK 10 months ago
The km locator signs are on 90% of UK motorways now. They start at 0 km from the motorway and are situated at 500 m intervals in preparation for the rest of the signs to be updated.
Click on wikpedia Driver location signs
cristobalito66 1 year ago
The great irony is that it's probably costing more for the US to stay as it is than to make the change...
anthrass 1 year ago
But the entire world has adopted it, leaving 3 countries with antiquated, anachronistic measures.
cristobalito66 1 year ago
For the UK, I can see no benefit in changing to kmh, other than to waste a load of tax payers money and cause confusion - so I guess we can expect the conversion sometime in the near future then.
Hanglands 1 year ago 2
@sygo7g I do... I'm used to Fahrenheit.. I love Kilometers and 24hr mode! I want to keep Fahrenheit though.
wilson809isback 1 year ago
Let me elucidate: if a UK company wants to sell say planks of wood it has to sell them in either cm or metres, if not it won´t be able to sell. Re pre-decimal currency it and imperial units go hand in hand so get petitioning. I notice that working class people tend to use duodecimal and more educated S.I., solely an observation.
cristobalito66 1 year ago
Frates1 how old are you by the way? Methinks you may be over 45!
cristobalito66 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 I am 38 !
Frates1 1 year ago
You may comprehend anachronistic duodecimal measures as the older generation inculcates it in the younger generation ergo the more logical, global SI will simply take a period to disappear just as pounds, ounces, quarters etc... As a teacher who is 44 I can tell you that you were educated in metric and not the duodecimal system.
cristobalito66 1 year ago
I am under 45 and I understand the imperial system and it works, so why change it, as for the bridge signs they are mainly in both sfeet and metres. It is illegal for British road signs to be just in the metric form. My personal view is that the metric system is crap. If you share the belief that we should have the right to choose take alook at bwma web site you can google it !
Frates1 1 year ago
@Frates1 And why is it crap? That's a bit strange when you consider that 97% of the world use it. But perhaps the UK is a superior country that understands things better than anybody else.
Saruman38 9 months ago
@Frates1 So you're saying it was a mistake to go from pounds, shillings and pence to decimal currency? It's the same thing, rather than random numbers plucked out of the air by a king, all the measurements are done by base 10 units.
In Australia, you're not taught imperial measurements and on a normal day, you would never come across imperial measurements and if you did, you would use Google to convert it to metric. I still don't know how many feet are in a mile.
mubd1234 2 months ago
kilometres per arr
darthvaderism 1 year ago
I want the Metric system but in the Temperature I still want it in Fahrenheit..
wilson809isback 1 year ago
@wilson809isback Don't worry about it. It takes a while to get used to temperatures in Celsius, but if we could do it in Australia, you can do it too: Remember:
Zero's freezing,
10 is not
20's comfortable
30's hot
37's normal
more's a fever.
100's boiling.
Ashbury2193 1 year ago
@Ashbury2193 In the US its the other way around..
0 is ice cold
60 comfortable
80 is Nice
90 is boiling
100+ is burning!
wilson809isback 1 year ago
@wilson809isback I agree with you on that one, far more logical the centigrade !
Frates1 1 year ago
@Frates1 Yeah, because in the UK, you're using centigrade, therefore you think it's more logical. If you were using metric you would say the same. So you say it's crap solely because you're not accustomed to it, not because you have solid arguments to prove your point, which makes it a purely emotional statement. Reasoning with one's heart instead of one's brain is a never a good thing.
Saruman38 9 months ago
@Saruman38 Each to their own, we have a choice after all.
Frates1 9 months ago
@Saruman38 centigrade is crap.
SovietSlayer 7 months ago
@SovietSlayer Yeah because people really use the word centigrade :p Seriously get a brain.
imortalsappy 4 months ago
@Ashbury2193 Remember this, Fahrenheit is much more accurate than Celsius is. So if you want to live a life that is easier and more accurate, then you should probably go with Fahrenheit, but you guys don't. Which honestly makes no sense. Just because of the Kelvin cycle you guys change? I don't know the reason but still... I mean come on using Celsius over Fahrenheit makes as much sense as using inches, feet, and yards over centimeters, meters, kilometers.
gogetareeljob 1 year ago
@gogetareeljob If you want more accuracy from Celsius temperatures you simply use tenths of a degree. Apart from the USA, the whole world uses Celsius, so it's the US that is out of step rather than the rest of the world. Ditto with the metric system.
Ashbury2193 1 year ago
@Ashbury2193 America uses both systems. Even when it comes to Temp. We got F in big numbers and Cels. in small letters next to it. We use both, but everyone I know personally, even outside the USA prefers Fahrenheit over Celsius. Americans prefer Imperial over Metric, not because they think its better, but because we are used to it. There is no reason for us to change to just one system, if we know both. That's like saying everyone should only know one language. Not exactly, but close to it.
gogetareeljob 1 year ago
@gogetareeljob In Australia we were also used to the Imperial system of weights and measures but we changed to the metric system in the 1970s. Most of the change made surprisingly little difference, including the change of the road signs. Celsius temperatures are now used here by everyone, and for young people, Fahrenheit temperatures are quite foreign. So just because you are used to the older measures doesn't mean you can't get used to the new.
Ashbury2193 1 year ago
@Ashbury2193 I never said we couldn't get used to it, but seeing how we use both and know both, we have no reason to get rid of imperial altogether. Other than other countries wants us too just because they want us to be just like them. Hm, well if that was the case then I'm pretty sure my ancestors wouldn't have came to America if they wanted to be like everyone in the UK. Which will also include Australia. We just don't have a reason to change to just one, when we know both.
gogetareeljob 1 year ago
@gogetareeljob Juggling between two systems can be a recipe for confusion, as the wreckage Mars Challenger demonstrates. Protestant Britain changed to the Pope Gregory's calendar in 1752 because it was more accurate. Europe adopted Arabic numerals in place of Roman numerals because they were better. All countries adopted decimal currency because it made money calculations simpler. A quick changeover can be cheaper, simpler and less confusing.
Ashbury2193 1 year ago
@gogetareeljob
Who in the flying crap do you know? Mental patients? I can't begin to imagine what a non-american who prefers Fahrenheit over Celsius looks like.
Having just one language would be to kill the diversity that motivates us to improve ourselves. Having just one system of measurements only makes it easier to measure, build, communicate, and graph what is around us.
To see what I mean, imagine that Europe uses different seconds, minutes, hours and days. That would just be a pain.
Tezcatlepocatl 10 months ago
Matt563 it has to be enforced, just as the calendar we use today in Western Europe, just like currency decimalisation etc...
The new km posts are all along motorways now in Britain in preparation for the future conversion of distance signs.
cristobalito66 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 Why would you want the world all the same? Japan has a different alphabet and the US does just fine using the imperial system.
When you think of the huge cost of change over in Britain say, in engineering; the machinery, the measuring instruments, the designs, screw threads, drawings, the familiarity of the system to the workers themselves, it's little surprise manufacturing went down the shoot. After witnessing, maybe this is why the US changed its mind on going metric?
matt5363 1 year ago
@matt5363
Your argument is unfounded as the U.S. uses a duodecimal system in which e.g. the gallon equal 3.8 litres but when used around 20 years ago in Britain equalled 4.5 litres. It is not about being the same but universal comprehension. The world now uses 24 hours in a day. In addition, UK industry is now fully metricated.
cristobalito66 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 I take it you would have a 10 day week then !
Frates1 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 If the world used the metric way of thinking, there would be ten days in a week and ten hours in a day !!! unworkable, which is way the imperial system wins when comes to dividing.
Frates1 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 You're obviously not an engineer. For instance, Rolls Royce aircraft engine components are made to imperial spec. Formula 1 car construction in this country uses inches. Many engineers, like myself resolutely use inches. We just find them easier.
UK industry is now fully metricated? My friend, you're in cloud cuckoo land.
matt5363 1 year ago
@matt5363
You resoluted to stuck with inches?!You are a failure example of engineer....No (great) engineer I know would say they love imperial system (indeed, all of'em hate it!), they simply stick to it coz there's no other way around. My dad who's a great mechanic engineer HATES imperial measure down to his guts. If US can go metric, his tool box should be halfed in weight, due to extra tool set for imperial measures.
du39104 1 month ago
@du39104 Realistically I don't care either way which system is used. The only thing that I have an opinion on is that Fahrenheit is better than Celsius for measuring air temperature.
Poptartza 1 week ago
@cristobalito66 So they're not going to use the poles that are already there and simply replace the signs? I think you're making this one up.
matt5363 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 In your dreams, Pal !!!
Frates1 1 year ago
You can´t stop progress. 98% of the UK´s motorways now have km locator signs placed at intervals of 500 m. Just look next time you travel along the motorway.
cristobalito66 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 I think you're getting mixed up with the locator markers, placed 100m apart (or is it a sixteenth of a mile?). These have been there for as long as I can remember, back in the late 70's. Where though, cristo are these actual Km distance signs signs you talk about? I've not seen any.
matt5363 1 year ago
I went imperial just after I left school, becoming a precision engineer in the late eighties. Best switch I ever made. The imperial system is mathematically far superior, having divisible bases and the option of being decimalised. Don't knock it till you learn it!
It's funny, a lot of pro metric types I've spoken to would rather a 1000 degree circle to a 360, proving they know little about simple mathematics. If metric is so good, why aren't many in Britain adopting it unless by enforcement?
matt5363 1 year ago
@matt5363 Sure, you can pick out the odd measurement that works best in the imperial format but metric is way better for most things imo. Especially when you need to add/subtract many different measurements.
tubester4567 1 year ago
@tubester4567 As I said, you've always had the choice of decimalising an imperial unit if needed. In engineering for instance you have the option of natural divisibles eg 1/4" 1/8" 1/16" etc or decimal (thous) eg .001" .002. This makes for a more versatile system and therefore easier to use.
With metric it's a bit like cutting four strings off a guitar and saying 'there you go, it's now easier to play'. With imperial you have the full six strings.
matt5363 1 year ago
@matt5363 - the metric system has 'natural divisibles' too and far simpler ones - compare breaking up a mile into eighths with breaking a kilometre into tenths eg 600 metres or three-eighths of a mile. Rather than the guitar string analogy, I'd suggest it's more along the lines of Roman numerals versus the modern numbering system. I must admit I'm amazed - never thought I'd encounter someone claiming the imperial system is superior to the metric!
314159192829 1 year ago
@314159192829 Try dividing a Km into thirds. It cant be done, or into 6, for that matter. The beauty of the imperial system is its units are designed to be highly divisible. For this reason you can make the calculations in youre head. With metric you need a calculator to make calculations of any depth (this is why decimal units were virtually unknown until the invention of the slide rule). Eighth of a mile? Easy, it's a furlong.
Check out the Dozenal Society of Great Britain for further reasons
matt5363 1 year ago
@matt5363 - "For this reason you can make the calculations in your head".
With metric, there's nothing to calculate - you move the decimal point a few places.
BTW - what's a third of a mile? And who would need to know a third of a kilometre?
JBofBrisbane 1 year ago
35 miles per AAAAAH = 60 kilometre per AAAAAAH
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
mubd1234 1 year ago 2
A KM is 107 miles? yeah? and a gram is 6 & 3/4 imperial tons
danglebearing 1 year ago
Metric really is the way to go.Australia went to some empire conference in London in the 1890's and suggested the empire adopt the metric system of weights and measures.The poms nearly had a fit!!LOL
Westyrulz 1 year ago
Sonyhandycam520 your argument is unfounded as all the Commonwealth nations have adopted SI. In fact Britain is far ahead of the U.S. since litres, kilos, mm, cm and metres are also used plus there are new blue kilometre signs located at intervals of 500 m on all the motorways.
cristobalito66 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 Where are these new blue kilometre signs located at intervals of 500 m on all the motorways? I've not seen any.
matt5363 1 year ago
60 km per haAaAaAa
inesis 1 year ago
The problem in the US is that they call the miles-feet-inches-crap part of their so called "culture" ... that's why they didn't change till now – or they r just too dumb. :D
lexyzimus 1 year ago
The way this guy pronounces "hour" is making me crack up. It's just sounds like a bullfrog that's about to upchuck it or something. But stupid comments notwithstanding, at least they informed the people on what that meant made the switch as quickly as possible.
AdelioAltomar 1 year ago
@AdelioAltomar the "general" Australian accent was always considered too common sounding for radio and TV for a great many years. There was like an official radio voice almost. Now it's mostly all one hears except for the few who still "posh" it up a bit on air.
leglessinoz 1 year ago
I can remember the newspapers in Sydney printed full sized speedometer images that you could cut out and stick over your existing one to help you out until you either got used to the new system or bought a new car.
I would assume it would have only been for Holdens and Fords.
theaussiebackflipboy 1 year ago
They tryed here in the states about the same time and there was such a fuss they changed all the signs back into miles.They haven't tryed it since.
waitew 1 year ago
@waitew and yet the USofA has coped just fine with decimal money for years. Trust them to be virtually the only country that hasn't gone metric. I think there are now only 3 or 4.
leglessinoz 1 year ago
@leglessinoz Who would want a a system devised by a police state ie France around the beginning of the 19th centuary, where as the imperial system has evolved natuarly over time relating to the human body and what is around us. Also you can't divide in12's or 8's etc. I think you need to be thick if you can't use the imperial system, if I can any one can !
Frates1 1 year ago
@Frates1 You are evidently ignorant of the fact that the so-called British pint originates in France from "la pinte", the mile from Italy as well as feet and inches. The issues are simple: International business does not operate anymore in duodecimal units, having adopted S.I.
cristobalito66 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 What has our roads, shops and pubs got to do with international trade. The lsd system of currency only looks quaint now because it was scrapped nearly 40 years ago which is what metric lovers are hoping for the rest of the system.
My spelling isn't the best, I admit to that but if I can understand the imperial system any one can !
Frates1 1 year ago
@Frates1
Where are the imperial units for electricity then?
GCarty80 1 year ago
@Frates1
Are you a trolll? I bet you are... Even flag-waving douchbags won't yelling over youtube over "how much Imperial system is better", they knew it's inferior but since they are stupid, they refuse to adopt metrics yet their ressistance is pretty secret as they understand those who do love imperial measure is even douchier than themselves... but you , you are an exception, yelling "Imperial Measure is Superior" is like telling people "Look! What an imbecile I am!"
du39104 1 month ago
@waitew Good !
Frates1 1 year ago
Children have been learning metrics since a atleast the 80s, never taught imperial in the UK.
Let's not be unfair.
The point of units is to have a common measurement. We must standardise.
It's easier to use.
Let's get on with it and finish the job with transport signs.
koolyman 2 years ago
The US needs to do this. I can't stand miles, feet, inches, etc. Metric is the way to go.
missiworld 2 years ago
@missiworld
Welcome in one grey New World Order garbage society. Lady, this is fuckin close to communism.....
TheDutchLoyalist 9 months ago
@TheDutchLoyalist
I fail to understand how using the metric system would be linked to communism or the New World Order, but I would be interested to hear your point of view.
missiworld 9 months ago
@missiworld
For example the EU force Britain for a long time to use metric values instead of imperial. There are people in the UK who were send to court because of using pound and ounces. Remember Steve Thoburn?? Let the people choose what system they like to use. EU, bilderberger groups and other NWO propagandists tried to destroy nations culture and replace it by one big grey communist society....
TheDutchLoyalist 9 months ago
@TheDutchLoyalist
There's a problem in the US, though, with the conversion between the Imperial system and the metric system used nearly everywhere else in the world. It costs the US an exorbitant amount to make the conversions while acting in trade. Because this is a drain to the US's already fragile economy, it would make sense to switch to metric for international trade. Sure, no one is saying you can't still use tbls/cups while baking, but metric does make sense for trade and science.
missiworld 9 months ago
I cannot understand why technically-advanced nations like the UK and the US can't do what we did in Australia so easily in the mid seventies. At school we suffered learning that so many ounces = one pound, etc... Metric was far easier. Everything was in base 10 and the names of the units indicated their smaller components. Hence "kilo" metre was made up of one thousand metres, etc...
And people think Aussies are backward...sheesh! :)
tripsadelica 2 years ago 20
Here in Britain the problem is a pervasive belief that metrication is something imposed on Britain by the EU -- even though the decision was made by Parliament in 1965 -- a full 8 years before the UK joined the EEC (as it was known then). Opposition to metrication is thus seen as an act of patriotism!
But given that one of the factors behind the decline of British industry was probably waste due to metric/imperial conversion errors, is it REALLY patriotic to oppose metrication?
GCarty80 2 years ago
It is ironic because when Australia made the decision to go metric (Jan 19, 1970 for buffs) one of the main reasons given was that the UK was going to change as well...
- Anthony.
anthrass 2 years ago
@anthrass Canada changed at the same time, because of our relationship with both countries!
stanleybigfare 1 year ago
@anthrass The Australian government looked into changing our money to a decimal system back in 1902 but it was rejected at the time. Menzies brought it up again the 1950's but it wasn't implemented until the 1960's due to the credit squeeze at the time. When we did start to change to an all decimal based system for everything it all happened pretty quickly though.
leglessinoz 1 year ago
@leglessinoz Our prices went through the roof in 1971 when we went decimal, in some cases about 3 times higher !!!
Frates1 1 year ago
@Frates1
Could that be because £1 could buy you a house in 1970 - so when it got decimalised and turned out to be NEW £3 - you're going "it's 3 times more expensive!!" when the actual value (because your wages would be "tripled" as well) is roughly the same?
I know some people tried to cream off a few extra pence by rounding up, though.
jazzx251 10 months ago
@GCarty80 Precisely!
Inkyminkyzizwoz 1 year ago
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sonyhandycam520 1 year ago
@tripsadelica Hear hear, same here in Canada... though we do tend to have what they call "soft metric" because we share so many sizes with the States. Like we get a lot of things sized in weird numbers like 355ml, 591ml, 710ml, 454g, etc., because it's cheaper to use US packaging sizes for bottles, cans, and boxes, and they reflect US fl. oz and pounds.
The biggest dif is temperature. 32 sounds like it should be balmy, but in Fahrenheit it means you'll freeze your nuts off.
PatchesRips 9 months ago
I live in the UK and I think the old imperial system is a pain! I had no idea Australia had embraced the metric system way back in the 70's! Proud of ye!
abermin 8 months ago
@tripsadelica
To think the Indians came up with this stuff 2000 years ago.
jumpnjza2 8 months ago
I hope to live to see a similar ad in the US. It's about time we went metric. If there is one country that could pull off such a conversion on a grand scale, it is the United States. Unfortunately the political will is nonexistent.
animeanibe 2 years ago 11
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Thank the lord we'll never have to go thru that in the UK !! CAn you imagine it?
Stimpy130368 2 years ago
I really wish we (the US) would convert. We are more than 50% there and economically it would be very advantageous for us. I remember back in the 70's and 80's we were supposed to be converting and SI was all the school system I was in taught us. Sadly the conversion didn't happen and there is a whole generation of Americans that didn't learn customary units. I love SI and I am constantly using it and teaching others it ease.
GoMetricToday 2 years ago 2
@GoMetricToday each to their own !
Frates1 1 year ago
So only the US and Liberia remain using the old Imperial system?
Systeme Internationale (SI) is the only way to go.
I was a teenager during the crossover, it wasn't hard and we got a much simpler and more widely used system as a result.
ParArdua 2 years ago 3
@ParArdua
The US will never change over
they'll think it's a communist conspiracy.
They are a nation of boorish bores,
so ignorant that it's criminal.
We'll just leave them to their igorance
and hopefully one day they will be dead and gone.
banksiasong 2 years ago
"With the red circle" - pity Australia hadn't introduced colour TV by then. (It arrived eight months later.)
kmfw72 2 years ago
I wish my native USA would officially go metric. It's SO much better than the "English" system.
1prouddemocrat 2 years ago 4
The Garmin Forerunner 305, like all GPS receivers, have metric speedometers, as well as statute.
BayAreaBiker2001 2 years ago
It is high time the UK made the switch! What is the point in educating people in metric units when the road signs are still in miles even though bridges are in metres and now there are new km signs on the motorway placed at 500 m intervals. Not one person under 45 was ever educated in the duodecimal system in Britain! What a mess!
cristobalito66 3 years ago 16
Yes I agree and I have also voted this as a good comment there is a slight inacuracy though ....not all bridge heights are in metric YET however the government is now comitted to introducing dual signage for both height and width I welcome this common sense proposal but I think we should go all the way following the Irish model our road signage should be quickly understood by all drivers from all backgrounds especially as we now transport nearly everything into the uk using mainly road haulage
Adriano9966 2 years ago
@cristobalito66 Hear hear!
Inkyminkyzizwoz 1 year ago
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sonyhandycam520 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 Wow that is silly.I remember a british ex-serviceman carping on how he went to war to preserve the imperial system of weights and measures.Honestly what a joke.Metric is great.
Westyrulz 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 so you're saying you can't handle metric units for some things and imperial for others? I hope you don't order beer in 0.568 litre glasses.
andymerrett 1 year ago
@cristobalito66 God, do you mean to tell me the British, in EUROPE, haven't gotten around to adopting Metric yet? Cripes, we did this in Canada like almost 40 years ago... and that's despite living next to those ass-dragging Yankees. What are the British waiting for?
PatchesRips 9 months ago
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incekt 3 years ago
uhh 5/8
marctbecker 3 years ago
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incekt 3 years ago
for simplicity and get a rough estimative it is easier to add 50% to the value in miles. 50 mph = 50 +25 = 75 km/h ... of course the correc value is to add 60%, but 50% is easier to calculate and give a safe margin.
HairyPotter2006 3 years ago
35 miles per ahhhh
60 kilometers per ahhhh
tj9991 3 years ago 8
One hundred kilometers peraa.
covidiu 3 years ago 6
Your mud must be extremely dilute then.
Its always easier to what your brought up with but jeez, i swear someone pulled out the imperial system out of there ass n said yeah sure thats what were doing. The metric system is atleast quite constant in its unit derivations and stepping up of units is extremely easy.
Colcutr 2 years ago 8
i have allways thought the exact same thing, today i made some blueprints in construction class in metric but i forgot that all of the tape measures are imperial so i had to convert all the measurements, but it didn't work because they weren't round numbers so i got inches with decimals 8.8 was one of numbers i think(try to figure out what .8 of a inch is), anyway why aren't stupid tape measures metric in canada ?
marrrrrrks 2 years ago
It worked in Australia. We converted all the road signs in one month, and that was that. We got used to the conversions mentioned in the ad. and there were no problems.
Ashbury2193 3 years ago 28
yes it would work here in the uk too though less of an issue here being as though nearly all vehicles sold in the uk after the begining of the 1980s have both mph and kmh on the speedometer so not a problem at all.... buses actually have the kmh reading on the outside of the dial I pray that comon sense will prevail and lead those in authority to change over soon perhaps following the Irish model (the ROI changed over in 2005)
Adriano9966 2 years ago
@Ashbury2193 We should do that in the US..
wilson809isback 1 year ago
@Ashbury2193 There are alot of signs in the UK, it would be a total waste of money for a system that quite frankly no one want's or most people anyway ! The only way we have this system forced on us is by law with out any say and I think this is a disgrace.
Frates1 1 year ago
@Frates1 "Wants" is the 3rd person singular of the infinitive "to want" thus requires no apostrophe. By the way Frates1 why do you not petition for the return of duodecimal currency as well?
cristobalito66 1 year ago 3
Clear as mud!
rod7178 3 years ago