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

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Zoney wrote:

>Then there's the Irish system. Start introducing metric-only distance
>signage, without removing the old Imperial (or old-English/old-Irish)
>mileage signs, and continue to use mph speed limit signs for a decade
>or two.
>
>Then suddenly with a few months warning announce speed limit change
>from mph to kph, and change every sign in the country overnight.
>
>Continue to only very slowly replace old mileage distance signs from
>the earlier half of the last century.
>
>Yep - pretty Irish.
>
>Zoney
>
>P.S. To be honest, the signage in Ireland is only there at all at all
>for the sole purpose of directing tourists into the countryside where
>they get lost and spend money on our Aran sweaters and
>Celtic/Leprechaun trinkets. It works.
>
Perhaps the leprechauns should be put in charge of highway signage.

>P.P.S. OK, it's also for the Dubliners too who don't learn where Cork,
>Kerry, Galway, Sligo, etc. (anything outside the M50) are really
>located.
>
My crude impression of the map of the Irish roads system was that it was 
designed so that it would be difficult to travel between two west coast 
communities without going through Dublin. :-)

Ec

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