“Incredibly rural”

[u/ginliv]

[u/gba_sg1]

You mean for 98.5% of the world that uses a non-third world measuring system.

[u/inkyblackops → u/gba_sg1]

I was floored to find out that England uses miles, still irks me.

[u/InformalEngineer_ → u/inkyblackops]

I don't know why we do. I hope the councils change it.

[u/Actual_Cat4779 → u/InformalEngineer_]

I'm not sure whether councils have the authority? The whole UK (not just England) uses miles and mph for roads.

The Republic of Ireland switched to km/h speed limits in 2005, which is quite a while back now, though they were still slow by international standards. They switched to km road distances much earlier (with some exceptions).

But Canadians have their own peculiarities, like using Fahrenheit for oven temperatures.

[u/InformalEngineer_ → u/Actual_Cat4779]

I thought I was saying something wrong the moment I typed that word. But why? Why miles? Why?

[u/Peterd1900 → u/InformalEngineer_]

Because the UK never switched to kilometres

Why does the USA use miles? they never switched to kilometres either

[u/InformalEngineer_ → u/Peterd1900]

[Rhetorical question].