Same thing happened to me years ago. Sign said 13 foot 6 I was 13 foot 4 so I went under and bent the sign.
Point of fact: The Federation of British Industry requested that the UK Gov convert to SI (metric) units in 1965, 10 years before we joined the then EEC.
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Beef:
^^^^ And this is where it is all wrong. I believe that with something so important, there should be one unit of measurement and only one, whether it be metric or imperial.
We have imperial height indicators in the cab and then find that a lot of trailers are marked up in metric. Then we have some bridges etc marked in imperial and some in both imperial and metric. The whole system leaves itself wide open for mistakes to be made - not only by drivers but by the authorities measuring and putting up signage.
Now I know anyone with half a brain can do a conversion but the risk of making a mistake could so easily be avoided if just one unit of measurement was used for all vehicle and bridge heights. It seems like a no brainer to me.Sent from my SM-G800F using Tapatalk
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Simples.