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Our awkward vehicle specifications
Ronnie Cohen looks at some consequences for the motorist of the UK’s measurement muddle. Likes(14)Dislikes(3)
The battle for measurement supremacy
In December 2015, television weather forecasters expressed our record rainfall in millimetres while the national newspapers stubbornly stuck to inches. Apparently, the use two different measurement systems for the same phenomenon is alive and well in the UK. Ronnie Cohen … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Road signs, Transport, Uncategorized, Views from abroad
Tagged area, areas, beer, car, competition, cycling, dimension, efficiency, fruit, fuel, gold, height, land, length, mess, milk, muddle, park, pressure, prices, railway, sales, signposts, signs, size, sizes, sports, system, systems, tourism, tourists, train, trains, tyre, vegetable, vehicle, walking, width
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Electric cars – an opportunity for SI, or a threat?
The arrival of electric cars on our streets will draw attention to measures for comparing performance. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)
Posted in Consumer affairs, Technical, Transport
Tagged car, fuel consumption, power output
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