Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-214 days agoWhy is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system?message-squaremessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down13
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system?Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-214 days agomessage-square91linkfedilink
minus-squareartifex@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 days agoThere was a stretch of the Florida coast that had metric in the late 90s and early 2000s, but people kept stealing the speed limit signs. They also had a problem with people misunderstanding 100kph (about 60mph) and doing 100mph instead.
minus-squareRiderExMachina@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days ago“Misunderstanding”. They just wanted to speed
There was a stretch of the Florida coast that had metric in the late 90s and early 2000s, but people kept stealing the speed limit signs. They also had a problem with people misunderstanding 100kph (about 60mph) and doing 100mph instead.
“Misunderstanding”. They just wanted to speed