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		<title>FAQs about the transition to metric signs on UK roads</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/transition-to-metric-signs-on-uk-roads-faqs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/transition-to-metric-signs-on-uk-roads-faqs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers have commented recently on the obstacles to the transition to metric-only signs on Britain’s roads. This has prompted Metric Views to offer answers to some Frequently Asked Questions on this subject. In 2006, the UK Metric Association (UKMA) produced &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/transition-to-metric-signs-on-uk-roads-faqs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Which? sees the light – and Panorama joins in</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By an odd co-incidence both “Which?” magazine and the BBC’s flagship “Panorama” programme  have recently run stories on the scams employed by the big supermarkets to prevent customers from comparing “value for money” in their weekly shopping. However, despite their &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Review fails to address major traffic sign issues</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/review-fails-to-address-major-traffic-sign-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/review-fails-to-address-major-traffic-sign-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isaac</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Road signs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bridge strikes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dual-unit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imperial road signs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A three-year review of traffic signs has failed to address major problems with the UK&#8217;s signs. On 13 October the Department for Transport published the final report of its Traffic Signs Policy Review. The report, &#8220;Signing the Way&#8221;, marks the &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/review-fails-to-address-major-traffic-sign-issues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Road safety experts ignore UK sign problems</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/07/road-safety-experts-ignore-uk-sign-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/07/road-safety-experts-ignore-uk-sign-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isaac</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Road signs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[metric speed limits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report into the safety implications of variations in road signs across Europe has ignored problems caused by the UK’s continued use of imperial units. In the last decade, 2 million Europeans lost their lives or suffered crippling injury &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/07/road-safety-experts-ignore-uk-sign-problems/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>55</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASDA downsizes strawberries &#8211; brilliant publicity stunt</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/asda-downsizes-strawberries-brilliant-publicity-stunt/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/asda-downsizes-strawberries-brilliant-publicity-stunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 15:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports in the tabloid media suggest that Asda has reverted to selling strawberries in “pounds”.  So what has really happened? The Sun got the story first on Friday, 27 May, and ran it as follows. ASDA is going back to &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/asda-downsizes-strawberries-brilliant-publicity-stunt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
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		<title>Minister confirms business as usual</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/04/minister-confirms-business-as-usual/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/04/minister-confirms-business-as-usual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[residual imperial usage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to letter from the British Weights and Measures Association (BWMA), the Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts MP, has confirmed that there is no change in Government policy on the units of measurement in use &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/04/minister-confirms-business-as-usual/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ministers refuse to update obsolete HGV speed limits</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/01/ministers-refuse-to-update-obsolete-hgv-speed-limits/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/01/ministers-refuse-to-update-obsolete-hgv-speed-limits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isaac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metric Views can reveal that Government ministers have quietly wound up all efforts to align motorway speed limits for buses, coaches and HGVs with the settings of their respective vehicle speed limiters. Currently, newer heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and passenger &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/01/ministers-refuse-to-update-obsolete-hgv-speed-limits/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>“Half of that mince, please”</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/11/%e2%80%9chalf-of-that-mince-please%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/11/%e2%80%9chalf-of-that-mince-please%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two little anecdotes illustrate the difficulties still being experienced by customers because neither the Government nor “consumer advocates” will try to help them adapt to metric units in the supermarket. Anecdote 1 A woman in her 60s approaches the fresh &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/11/%e2%80%9chalf-of-that-mince-please%e2%80%9d/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>A juicy story</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/07/a-juicy-story/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/07/a-juicy-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[UK USA metric USC imperial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A slogan appearing on the label of a bottle of apple juice leaves some of us guessing about its intended message. “3lbs of apples make every litre of Copella apple juice” Thus proclaims the label on a bottle of “English &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/07/a-juicy-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Glaring omission from Queen&#8217;s Speech</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/05/glaring-omission-from-queens-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/05/glaring-omission-from-queens-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 07:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new coalition Government claims to be determined to clear up the “mess” left behind by the previous Government. So it is notable that Her Majesty’s gracious speech included no proposals to tackle one of the biggest “messes” of all &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/05/glaring-omission-from-queens-speech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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