Comment Re:Start here (Score 1) 1145
For the record, in Ireland, 30mph went to 50kph (up), 50mph went to 80kph (roughly same), 60mph went to 100kph (up), and 70mph went up to 120kph. Despite this, people found plenty to complain about. 40mph was taken out, and many of those roads went down to 50kph. People were mostly better off with the new system, but still kicked up a fuss and tried to stop it. If you tried that in America, I'm guessing people would consider it some kind of violation of their right to freedom.
As cdecoro says below, though, this is just about the last thing that should change. We've used both systems for decades. Nowadays, we measure roads in km but people in feet. Milk is in litres but beer is in pints. Sugar is in kgs, butter in pounds, people in stones. Out of interest, how would Americans react to a dual system on packaging, like 1lb / 454g?