[WikiEN-l] Metric road signs in the U. S.

[Ray Saintonge]

Tony Sidaway wrote:

>>I do NOT remember any political "explosion" at all. Just apathy.
>>    
>>
>Things are slightly different in the UK, where Europeanization is a bit of
>a political football.  Tell British drivers they must stick to a 50kph
>speed limit and there's liable to be a lot of political fallout, if not
>actual damage, concerning road crash statistics.
>
The difference between the Canadian and British experience on 
metrication is a bit like removing a band-aid.  Do you pull it off 
quickly or slowly?  The British started a few years before us, and are 
still experiencing pains over it.  Most of the visible changes here were 
finished in less than a decade; the British have been at it for over 40 
years, and without the need to do so under the shadow of the tail from a 
very imperial bald eagle.

Ec