That reminds me of a road in AZ that had signage in KM when I was a kid. I guess it was a part of this program and it never got changed back? It was always a mindfuck suddenly seeing kms instead of miles on road trips through the area.
There was a stretch of the Florida coast that had metric in the late 90s and early 2000s, but people kept stealing the speed limit signs. They also had a problem with people misunderstanding 100kph (about 60mph) and doing 100mph instead.
Interesting, I always thought it was because it goes straight to Mexico, so many people using it would prefer kilometer. Cool to see my local highway on Lemmy.
That reminds me of a road in AZ that had signage in KM when I was a kid. I guess it was a part of this program and it never got changed back? It was always a mindfuck suddenly seeing kms instead of miles on road trips through the area.
There was a stretch of the Florida coast that had metric in the late 90s and early 2000s, but people kept stealing the speed limit signs. They also had a problem with people misunderstanding 100kph (about 60mph) and doing 100mph instead.
“Misunderstanding”. They just wanted to speed
It’s still there
https://azdot.gov/adot-blog/kilometers-arizona-you-bet
Interesting, I always thought it was because it goes straight to Mexico, so many people using it would prefer kilometer. Cool to see my local highway on Lemmy.
I’m assuming 2L soda bottles are also a remnant of this era.