SpacePhoenix
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Saw this article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-distances-miles-kilometres-change-over.html
Will it be a bigger problem (if at all) for drivers, guards, signallers or engineers?
Britains rail network is to go metric on the orders of EU bureaucrats sparking safety fears that the move could cause chaos and lead to more accidents.
Miles and yards will be banished from official signs and documents and translated into kilometres and metres under the plans.
But an official report seen by The Mail on Sunday states that railway workers will have to calculate speeds and distances in both imperial and metric measurements during the change-over, causing a risk of dangerous confusion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-distances-miles-kilometres-change-over.html
Will it be a bigger problem (if at all) for drivers, guards, signallers or engineers?