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

[David Gerard]

Rick (giantsrick13 at yahoo.com) [050518 05:32]:

> I can just see the United States trying to do a mass
> conversion of highway signs.  Each state would have to
> sign off on it, and many would not just out of "the
> federal government can't tell us what to do."
> We'll see if the states actually buy the new driver's
> license requirements.  Utah has already rejected the
> "No Child Left Behind" education requirements, the DL
> stuff is going to be even worse.  But highway signs
> would be a war.


What I want to know is whether weather reports in Detroit *really do* show
temperatures on the US side in Fahrenheit and on the Canadian side in
Celsius, on the same diagram, with no explanation.


- d.