DanielFord
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I had a weird one this morning whilst taking the van back to its parking spot. There had been an accident on the M27, so my sat nav was taking me around the traffic. I have programmed in all of the dimensions of the van, so I was a little alarmed when the sat nav told me to go down this road:
https://goo.gl/maps/zaBi6afVcE22
Notice the two signs read 10' 6" for imperial, and 3.1m for the metric.
Being of the age where we were taught metric at school, I did not go down this road, because the sticker on my windscreen says 3.2m. Later when I was in another traffic jam I looked at my screen sticker, and noticed that it also says 10' 6"! I obviously could sit on a computer and work out which was correct, but now I have had time.
The sticker in my windscreen is correct, 10' 6" is indeed 3.2m, so it begs the question, which of those signs is correct? 10cm is quite a large variance! Is it any wonder people hit bridges?
https://goo.gl/maps/zaBi6afVcE22
Notice the two signs read 10' 6" for imperial, and 3.1m for the metric.
Being of the age where we were taught metric at school, I did not go down this road, because the sticker on my windscreen says 3.2m. Later when I was in another traffic jam I looked at my screen sticker, and noticed that it also says 10' 6"! I obviously could sit on a computer and work out which was correct, but now I have had time.
The sticker in my windscreen is correct, 10' 6" is indeed 3.2m, so it begs the question, which of those signs is correct? 10cm is quite a large variance! Is it any wonder people hit bridges?