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		<title>FAQs about the transition to metric signs on UK roads</title>
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		<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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		<title>DfT rejects industry view on metric signs</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/dft-rejects-industry-view-on-metric-signs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/dft-rejects-industry-view-on-metric-signs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport (DfT) has given in to anti-metric lobbying and backtracked on its earlier proposal that imperial-only height and width restriction signs should be replaced with dual metric/imperial signs within four years.  This climbdown is despite the responses &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/dft-rejects-industry-view-on-metric-signs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who should pay for metrication of road signs?</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/who-should-pay-for-metrication-of-road-signs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/who-should-pay-for-metrication-of-road-signs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport have claimed that converting road signs to show metric units would be an unjustifiable diversion of resources from other priority areas.  So is there an argument that the costs should be met from some other budget?  &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/who-should-pay-for-metrication-of-road-signs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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[imperial road signs]]></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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		<title>Spain discredits DfT&#8217;s case against metric signs</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/03/spain-discredits-dfts-case-against-metric-signs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/03/spain-discredits-dfts-case-against-metric-signs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tonyw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Spanish government this week exposed the Department for Transport’s case against adopting metric road signs in the UK as flawed. While the DfT maintains that it must allow an average of around £1400 to change our road signs, Spain this week changed all its motorway speed limit signs for an average cost of just €41, or £35.
 <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/03/spain-discredits-dfts-case-against-metric-signs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=1698</guid>
		<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>Crazy proposal to raise speed limits above speed limiter settings</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/04/crazy-proposal-to-raise-speed-limits-above-speed-limiter-settings/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/04/crazy-proposal-to-raise-speed-limits-above-speed-limiter-settings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isaac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a bizarre consequence of the failure to switch to metric speed limits, the Department for Transport (DfT) is proposing to raise the motorway speed limit of coaches and buses from 60 mph (96.6 km/h) to 65 mph (104.6 km/h). That’s 4.6 % faster &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/04/crazy-proposal-to-raise-speed-limits-above-speed-limiter-settings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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