Imperial Nonsense

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Motorway warning signs displaying "Closed to vehicles over 6ft 9 inches". So that will be 2m then and in which case why not say so?

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Don't get me going on that one, speed limiters set at 56!

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Olas said:

2.057 as previously stated.

Indeed, but clearly calculated for signage as 2m rounded to the nearest inch!

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Keep it stiff said:

Indeed, but clearly calculated for signage as 2m rounded to the nearest inch!

Were it not for the limited capacity of the matrix sign I guess they could have added and "three eighths"!