Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))

Micha Berger (aishdas@haven.ios.com)
12 Oct 1995 18:01:24 GMT

Thomas Koenig (ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) wrote:
: In Europe, you're likely to be driving an average of around 100 km/h on
: motorways, given reasonable speeds, driving times, roadworks, traffic jams,
: and stops for petrol. This makes converting distances to driving times quite
: easy: divide by 100.

: Dunno about the US - what do you average, over long distances? 50
: miles per hour?

Actual driving (ie without stops for GASOLINE, etc...) I would figure a
mile per minute.

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