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Young people are most opposed to changing speed limits from miles per hour to kilometres per hour, new research reveals.
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Despite new drivers being educated with the metric system, a survey shows that more than 80% of 18-24 years olds are opposed to the change.
Around two thirds, though, would be happy with distances being measured in kilometres.
Paul Watter, head of public affairs at the AA, who helped carry out the survey, said he was shocked by the result.
He said: ?The government said that by 2006 most people would have been educated in the metric system and the sea change would come from there. But this shows it hasn?t happened.
?It was a result that shocked me.?
The survey also showed that while just over a third of people were happy with the way petrol was priced ? in litres ? 37% of people would like a return to the gallon.
Drivers in Yorkshire and Humberside were the most anti-metric.
AA president Edmund King said: ?Not only would going fully metric cost a fortune to implement in Britain it would also not go down well with a majority of the motoring public.
?As a result of keeping an eye on increasing prices, motorists now seem to understand the fuel price in litres.
?It does seem odd that we buy our fuel in litres and think about fuel efficiency in miles per-gallon. We appear to be an imperia-metric nation.
?However, when it comes to the safety of UK drivers and travellers we have to remember that with more than one million metric-minded drivers coming into the UK each year many would benefit from having the metric measurements put up alongside our yards, miles, feet and inches, especially those driving large lorries under bridges.?
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Despite new drivers being educated with the metric system, a survey shows that more than 80% of 18-24 years olds are opposed to the change.
Around two thirds, though, would be happy with distances being measured in kilometres.
Paul Watter, head of public affairs at the AA, who helped carry out the survey, said he was shocked by the result.
He said: ?The government said that by 2006 most people would have been educated in the metric system and the sea change would come from there. But this shows it hasn?t happened.
?It was a result that shocked me.?
The survey also showed that while just over a third of people were happy with the way petrol was priced ? in litres ? 37% of people would like a return to the gallon.
Drivers in Yorkshire and Humberside were the most anti-metric.
AA president Edmund King said: ?Not only would going fully metric cost a fortune to implement in Britain it would also not go down well with a majority of the motoring public.
?As a result of keeping an eye on increasing prices, motorists now seem to understand the fuel price in litres.
?It does seem odd that we buy our fuel in litres and think about fuel efficiency in miles per-gallon. We appear to be an imperia-metric nation.
?However, when it comes to the safety of UK drivers and travellers we have to remember that with more than one million metric-minded drivers coming into the UK each year many would benefit from having the metric measurements put up alongside our yards, miles, feet and inches, especially those driving large lorries under bridges.?
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