Show Motorists To Learn New Metric Rule American motorists may have to face some new rulers in the not too distant Adoption of the metric system of measurements was recommended by the National Academy of Science in but it has been actively ignored by the government and industry ever CONGRESS is reexamining the possible benefits to be gained by putting the universal system into practice in this When and if it we will be the last major country in the world to make the Detroit cars are moving gradually toward metric measurement particularly in their new compact but the conversion to metrics will not take place Some authorities say it will take 10 to 20 others expect it to take MUCH psychological pain is anticipated during the transition Adjusting to the new number language will affect everything from groceries to from barometer calibrations to highway speed limit During the transition if you want five pounds of you'll have to ask for kilograms of Of you also could ask for three kilos and receive slightly over 6 pounds of Although 60 mph speed limit signs could be changed to the direct metric equivalent 96 kilometers per hour this is not likely to The speed for could be raised to 62 mph and posted at IN BUYING 10 gallons of instead of asking for more than likely you'll continue to ask for worth or have the station attendant In you'll begin thinking in the easy-to-work-with measurement language and wonder why we held to the more difficult system for so It's expected that quarts and pounds will remain in side-by-side with liters and kilos for many The speedometer in one new car is calibrated in both miles per hour and kilometers per hour and metrics are widely used in identifying bolt and spark plug LIKE the dual-calibrated many companies already are helping to make the transition less painful by displaying both the U.S. metric measurements on straight edge and tape rulers and on many packages ranging from engine anti-freeze to |