X-Post Bicycling "Bikes May Have To Talk To Self-Driving Cars For Safety's Sake"

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29. The U.K. & Republic of Ireland use both

I assume it's a transitional thing, but it's not uncommon to see both units of measurement on the same sign. I remember that milk was sold in half-gallons, weird metric decimal number beside the whole number imperial (it was also rectangular, do the jug fit in the refrigerator door. Brilliance!). Sometimes things were in yards, sometimes meters; people gave directions seemingly interchangeably ("Go ten miles down this road. When you see the guy with the weird sheep, turn right for another three kilometers.&quot .

Beer, of course, is sold in pints and ounces.

So it's entirely possible to have both systems at once. Hopefully one of our more progressive states will start with bi-numeral signage and speed limits, like was attempted for about three minutes in the 70s.