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Similarly while specifications for designing and positioning road signs are metric, contractors must mark distances for motorists in imperial. For example Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual requires contractors to place signs warning of a lane closure at multiples of 200 metres but to indicate the distances as multiples of 200 yards on the signs themselves (see Section D3.42.11 and Plans TS1 to TS4).
Since yards and metres are treated as equivalent, it is irrational that the Department for Transport claims that motorists might be confused if signs showed metres!
Metric distances (both in metres and kilometres) are not authorised on British traffic signs.
https://ukma.org.uk/road-signage/
Since yards and metres are treated as equivalent, it is irrational that the Department for Transport claims that motorists might be confused if signs showed metres!
Metric distances (both in metres and kilometres) are not authorised on British traffic signs.
https://ukma.org.uk/road-signage/
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