Roll On

[sandra4444]

Monday when all this euphoria is done and dusted and we can get back to pounds and ounces.

[sandra4444]

12.02, think they may use a sundial for the train times also.

[davebro]

Airspace is still given in feet (and don't forget knots!).

[Ellipsis]

A cricket pitch = 22 yards = one chain. 22 yards is also the distance at which you need to be able to read a number plate to pass the eyesight test for driving.

10 chains to a furlong, a measure most commonly used in horseracing these days. A furlong is 220 yards.

8 furlongs to a mile. A furlong is an eighth of a mile. A mile is 1760 yards, 8 furlongs or 80 chains (cricket pitches).

[New Judge]

//Strangely, I think, the railways still measure distances in chains and furlongs.//

Just miles and chains, spicey. (80 chains to a mile).

There is no justification for any distance measurements in the UK to be given in anything other than miles and fractions thereof. It is illegal to post any road signs in anything other than miles (though, perversely, the three "countdown" markers at motorway exits are placed at 300, 200 and 100 metres). Speed limits and their signs are shown in miles per hour. Distances between locations are shown in miles on signposts. Kilometres are simply not required on UK roads.

[THECORBYLOON]

It's been yonks since my driving test but reading about the eyesight test it states, "At the start of your practical driving test you have to correctly read a number plate on a parked vehicle."

Another site states that following a second failed attempt, the distance will be measured and a final third attempt made.

I would have thought that it would have been possible to have a screen generate an accurate display of a random plate at the specified distance from a marked position, to speed up the process.

[goodgoalie]

The sign affixed to a small rural railway bridge near me gives its height only in feet and inches - I always think when I see it that won't mean much to a Latvian or Romanian HGV driver!

[sandra4444]

Well most,if not all these comments just goes to prove how much Boris is out of touch of how the wheels are already working in this area.