Metric signs don’t measure up, say most British drivers

06 August 2008

Two-thirds of UK drivers are against the adoption of metric measurement on the nation’s roads, according to a new poll.

An AA poll of 18,500 members reveals that 64% of respondents strongly disagree with the suggestion that speed limits should be shown in kph rather than mph, and 63% feel the same way about distance measurements in kph. Only 8% support going metric for speed limits and distance.

However, AA president Edmund King said it would benefit the ‘1M metric-minded’ drivers coming into the UK each year from having the metric measurements put up alongside our ‘yards, miles, feet and inches, especially those driving large lorries under bridges’.

The UK Metric Association recently slammed the Government for failing to make metric height and width restriction signs compulsory (Surveyor, 17 July 2008).

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