"Cactus" wrote in message
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> Obviously Bill has not driven the 401 in TO nor in Alberta
> A lot of speedometers have both on them but the print is small on the
> miles.
> By the way most nations of the world use kms and for that matter
> centigrade for temperatures.
> But I do miss the miles and I remember the weekend that we had to convert
>
> "Calif Bill" wrote in message
> news:27S8h.1922$sf5.1797@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>>
>> "sechumlib" wrote in message
>> news:2006112108325016807-sechumlib@liberalnet...
>>> On 2006-11-20 23:32:33 -0500, Les said:
>>>
>>>> One minor point. US car speedometers show speed in miles/hour (with
>>>> secondary makings of km/h), while canadian cars show speed in km/h.
>>>
>>> Isn't that virtually an act of war by Canada? How DARE they use a
>>> measurement system that isn't the good ole US of A one? Maybe we should
>>> annex them and switch them back.
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>
>> Does not matter that they use Kilometers per hour. They just seem to
>> think that 100-110 kph is the fastest you should travel.
>>
>
>
Not Alberta for maybe 39 years, but BC seems to think 100-110 is a viable
limit.
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