Re: OT: Converting miles/km

On 01/03/25 20:36, J. J. Lodder wrote:

Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:40:44 +0100 Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid>
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I was more than a little surprised, just this morning, to find
that in my local branch of Halfords, for a mere £3.99, I can buy
a handy guide to stick on my windscreen:
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<https://www.halfords.com/motoring/travel-accessories/travel-equipment/speed

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right-safety-device-181812.html?stockInventory=undefined>

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I can't help wondering who, in the 21st century, is expected to
buy this "safety device".

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Classic cars without dual display?

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But requiring scriptytosh to view the website is standard.

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You can still buy new speedometers with a single display, for
classic cars. It proves how classic they are.
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OTOH, most new cars sold in Europe have single scale speedometers.
It is the dual scale things which have become classic. Even the new
Minis have a single scale, kilometers only, (don't know about Minis
sold in Britain)

I have never seen an Australian car with a dual mph/km/h display. I
presume that the dual display is confined to countries who started to
transition to metric and never finished the job. A bit like the idiot
who said he had a solution to end a war but forgot to invite one of the
parties to the negotiations.
Does any country other than the UK have dual-display speedos?
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