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DfT guilty of making unfounded claims
Yesterday, the National Audit Office (NAO) criticised the UK Department for Transport (DfT) for its unfounded claims about the benefits of the proposed high speed rail project HS2. In this article, Ronnie Cohen identifies another unfounded claim by the DfT … Continue reading
Posted in General, Myths, Road signs, Transport
Tagged claim, confusion, Department for Transport, DfT, drivers, evidence, Freedom of Information, metric, metrication, Road signs
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Thinking of buying a fridge?
A recent survey of their web sites leads us to speculate on where retailers see themselves: most plump for the present, but a few appear to favour the last century.
Posted in Consumer affairs, General
Tagged confusion, food volume, fridges, imperial measures, measurement units, metric
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Inconsistent and confusing distances on public signs
Ronnie Cohen writes about the muddle of measurement units he has found on public signs in London, particularly those related to public transport and cycling. If two measurement systems were not bad enough, he has found there are now three.
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Road signs, Transport, Uncategorized
Tagged advertisements, adverts, compare, comparison, confusion, cyclists, Department for Transport, DfT, distance, DLR, drivers, dual, imperial, information, kilometres, local, London, maps, mess, metres, metric, miles, minutes, muddle, notices, overground, passengers, pedestrians, public, rail, railway, railways, Road signs, roads, signs, TfL, Thameslink, time, train, trains, transport, Transport for London, travellers, tube, underground, yards
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A juicy story
A slogan appearing on the label of a bottle of apple juice leaves some of us guessing about its intended message.
Posted in Consumer affairs, General, Law
Tagged advertising slogan, confusion, labelling, UK USA metric USC imperial
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Milk pricing – is there method in the supermarket muddle?
The pricing of milk should be simple and clear, for milk is a staple item in every household. In reality, confusion often reigns.