Going imperial

[Deleted User 298457]

This popped up on Reddit the other day. The distance 'unless jogging' is quite funny

 

[sdavlaws]

That chart really drives home the stupidity of where we are currently.

Other countries managed to swap over in 10 years or so, we are 50/60 years in half way now looking at letting some traders go back to solely imperial is stupid.

 

[SonicSW20]

That chart really drives home the stupidity of where we are currently.

Other countries managed to swap over in 10 years or so, we are 50/60 years in half way now looking at letting some traders go back to solely imperial is stupid.

We're "only" 20-25 years into metric being compulsory for the measurement of goods / produce, not 50-60.

 

[sdavlaws]

It started in the 1960's with the original completion target of 1975.

 

[SonicSW20]

It started in the 1960's with the original completion target of 1975.

It was, but it only became illegal to sell goods using imperial measurements in the 90's, which is what this proposed law change is reversing.

https://ukma.org.uk/what-is-metric/uk-progress/uk-metric-timeline/

 

[Deleted User 298457]

That chart really drives home the stupidity of where we are currently.

Other countries managed to swap over in 10 years or so, we are 50/60 years in half way now looking at letting some traders go back to solely imperial is stupid.

We aren't alone. Google "metric imperial <country> flowchart" and you'll see no other country is much better.