Should I-19 BGS be All metric or standard?

[Jordanah1]

ugh...my years of chemistry and physics have taught me to love metric, but my whole life i have used standard, and love it dearly...supporting either one is like being a packer fan and cheering for the bears, because i know if they win it will benefit us....still makes me cringe...so i would compromise, and say put both on...standard, because it is after all 'the standard' for highways in the us, and metric to help our neighbors, and because we seem to be slowly switching over.

[sp_redelectric]

Just make it happen.  Now, while it seems we have to replace all the signs anyways for reflectivity requirements, Clearview, putting exit numbers on signs...

New signs should be metric.  Or...start at the borders and work our way in.  That way the border areas that are already familiar with metric measurements in Canada and Mexico will have an easy adjustment...then further and further in...  Start with the Interstates, then the non-Interstate NHS routes (starting with primary routes, than the 3dis.)  The states can set their own timetables for state, county and city routes.  Set a deadline of 2020 for all signs on the NHS (Interstate and non-interstate) to be completed.

[Brandon]

Just make it happen.  Now, while it seems we have to replace all the signs anyways for reflectivity requirements, Clearview, putting exit numbers on signs...

New signs should be metric.  Or...start at the borders and work our way in.  That way the border areas that are already familiar with metric measurements in Canada and Mexico will have an easy adjustment...then further and further in...  Start with the Interstates, then the non-Interstate NHS routes (starting with primary routes, than the 3dis.)  The states can set their own timetables for state, county and city routes.  Set a deadline of 2020 for all signs on the NHS (Interstate and non-interstate) to be completed.

Why?  What's the advantage of switching over the roads except to be like everyone else?  There is no solid reason for it.  A mixed system works just fine.  Give me my gallon of milk, two liter of pop, and take me a mile down the road for a 500mg prescription.  Our system right now fits the grid on the ground.

[Alps]

Reopened the poll in case there's further interest.

[agentsteel53]

Give me my gallon of milk, two liter of pop,

ahem, metric is "soda".  pop comes in quarts.

[kphoger]

Give me my gallon of milk, two liter of pop,

ahem, metric is "soda".  pop comes in quarts.

Yet baking soda usually comes by the pound, and pop tarts are sold in boxes.

[agentsteel53]

Yet baking soda usually comes by the pound, and pop tarts are sold in boxes.

pop tarts are usually wholesaled by the furlong

[kphoger]

pop tarts are usually wholesaled by the furlong

Your face is a furlong.

[agentsteel53]

Your face is a furlong.

a horse walks into a bar...

[sr641]

I think Interstate 19 should be signed using milage. In the USA we don't use metric, we use the standard system.

[national highway 1]

However, nowadays, most of the world is using metric as the standard unit of measurement.

[kphoger]

I think Interstate 19 should be signed using milage. In the USA we don't use metric, we use the standard system.

We do use metric.  Just not on road signs.
When was the last time you bought a 4.23-pint of Pepsi?  Or taken 17.6 milliounces of Tylenol?
Just saying...

[english si]

Is it legal to sell 2 litre bottles of Pepsi? In the UK, we can buy containers of (usually milk and beer/cider) that have a (UK) pint in them, but they are officially 568ml, rather than a pint as you can't sell anything but draft beer/cider in pints.

The bottle of milk in my fridge is labelled with 2.272 Litres (4 pints), though they've either stopped putting the big number 4 on the label, or that was ASDA not TESCOs. They can give the pint equivalent, but it must be afterwards and as-or-less prominent. They could get away with the number as it was part of the branding and made no reference to pints.

You also get odd sizes for canned food, until you calculate that it's a whole number of ounces (though even then a bit of a strange number). Market traders often give the price per 454g/1lb, as they want to use pounds (and people want to buy in pounds), but by law have to sell in metric.

[kphoger]

Is it legal to sell 2 litre bottles of Pepsi? In the UK, we can buy containers of (usually milk and beer/cider) that have a (UK) pint in them, but they are officially 568ml, rather than a pint as you can't sell anything but draft beer/cider in pints.

That's the standard for parties.  We have cans and small bottles measured in ounces, then 1-liter bottles and 2-liter bottles.  And nobody bats an eye.

[Scott5114]

Yeah, in the US, I am pretty sure you can market it however you wish, as long as you give a conversion at the bottom of the label. So soda is sold in 12-oz cans and 20-oz bottles, and then the larger sizes are 1 liter and 2 liter (I have seen 1.5 liter and 3 liter as well). But milk is sold by the gallon and turkey by the pound. Drug dosages tend to be quoted by the milligram. Pencil lead and pen thickness is measured in millimeters. It's all sort of stupid.