Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-214 hours agoWhy is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system?message-squaremessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down12
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the USA the only country that doesn’t use the metric system?Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-214 hours agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareartifex@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours 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-up2·3 hours 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