Written question asked by Lord True (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Earl Attlee (Conservative) on Monday, 30 April 2012.
Roads: Kilometre Measurements
- Question
- To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to adopt the kilometre in place of the mile as the prime measure of distances by road in the United Kingdom.
- Answer
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This Government have no plans whatsoever to adopt the kilometre as the unit of distance on roads in the United Kingdom. To do so would require the metrication of all traffic signs indicating speed as well as distance, for which diverting funding from high priority areas is not considered justifiable, or indeed desirable.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 16910; 736 c425WA
- Session
- 2010-12
- Subjects
- Metrication Road signs and markings
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