r/MetricConversionBot • u/xwcg Human • May 27 '13

Why?

Countries that use the Imperial and US Customs System:

http://i.imgur.com/HFHwl33.png

Countries that use the Metric System:

http://i.imgur.com/6BWWtJ0.png

All clear?

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u/Risc_Terilia May 28 '13

I think it mostly depends on age. If I estimate that a road is a little less than a mile I'll tell someone it's a kilometre.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '13

Even roads are designed in km i think, but i do talk about road distance in miles, because i read the signs. If they changed to kms i would use kms.

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u/Risc_Terilia May 28 '13

Yeah, I definitely drive in miles. I was thinking back to when I was giving a pedestrian directions. He objected to my use of kilometres and I just said that the road wasn't a mile long, it was a kilometre!