“Standards for the exact length of an inch have varied in the past, but since the adoption of the international yard during the 1950s and 1960s the inch has been based on the metric system and defined as exactly 25.4 mm.”
“Standards for the exact length of an inch have varied in the past, but since the adoption of the international yard during the 1950s and 1960s the inch has been based on the metric system and defined as exactly 25.4 mm.”
I use both metric and imperial for work. But the issue is changing every single street sign, updating all of our school material, etc would cost the country billions of dollars and it just isn’t worth it at this point.
We could start by having both on new signs. Over many years the majority of signs would eventually have both. Then, maybe 15 years from now, we could drop the imperial measurements from all new signs. I think that would help with cost.
(Adjust timeframe based on the average useful life of a sign plus an extra margin.)
That’s why metric should be added to the curriculum rather than replace imperial. Kids are still forced to learn standard and cursive writing. Learning Metric along with Imperial isn’t that damned hard.
I did learn metric in school, did you not? I’m in Ohio, not sure if it’s different elsewhere. Typically it was tied to physics and chemistry, but still learned it.
I learned it in a very precursory way. Granted I’m pushing 40, so there’s been 21 years of curriculum advancement since I graduated high school.
I’m older than you and learned both of them in school.
Probably my shitty podunk schools then.
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We were taught metric in high school science and physics. However, it should start younger.
That surely explains why no other countries have switched to metric. /s
Signs are the tip of the iceberg.
Every nut and bolt being made and all the tools for them.
Every tool that does any measurement.
Every scale.
Every gas pump.
etc. etc. etc.
Hey will you pass me that 3/16ths? No wait, make that a 3/8ths. No wait, let’s try one size up 7/16ths… [kill me]