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

Joshua Hesse (raccoon@cse.unl.edu)
12 Oct 1995 19:30:02 GMT

Thomas Koenig (ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de) wrote:
: In alt.folklore.computers, arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) wrote:

: >Converting miles and miles per hour to hours is no harder than doing the same
: >for kilometers and kilometers per hour.

: Depends on your average speed ;-)

: 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?

Well, the SPEED LIMIT is usually 55 or 65 (soon to be more :)
But for some people the average is about 70 to 80 when the Sherrif/ State Patrol
is nowhere near.