Simples. The German kilometre is measured very precisely, while the French kilometre goes on for about 700 metres then knocks off at half past three to go and have a garlic baguette with its mistress.
hth,
Jeremy Clarkson.
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Americans still don't understand it. They put a man on the moon using groats, chains, spans, microns and pound-inches per yard of ale squared.
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Looks like they've corrected the offending line by deleting the results of an ill conversion rather than calculating a new one.
At last, a newspaper that actually cites its sources:
Source: EU
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostGermany and France/Italy implement different interpretations of the "kilometre"
BBC News - Spain speed limit cut over high oil prices
It is simple. It's these ******' foreign monkeys that complicate it.
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Silly Spanish - should have just used relative term like "national speed limit" and change it any way they like
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostGermany and France/Italy implement different interpretations of the "kilometre"
BBC News - Spain speed limit cut over high oil prices
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I thought the Metric system was supposed to be easy
Germany and France/Italy implement different interpretations of the "kilometre"
Germany 130km/h (81mph)
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