<div>Well there you go.... All you europeans need to do is divide your km markers by 1.609 in your head to get your mile marker before calling for help. <smile></div>
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<div>I am amazed we can't switch to metric after 150 years - but we did redefine the inch to be exactly 2.54cm in 1959. And only a handful of the US States have adopted this "international foot" since that time. So much for our standards.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Jan T. Pharo <<a href="mailto:la2bba@jpharo.net">la2bba@jpharo.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">"Robert Bruninga" <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a>>, Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:48:32<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>>Actually, because of their value, almost all states now have<br>>markers every 0.1 mile. This places a marker in view of ANY<br>>stranded person within 250 feet.<br><br></div>Most motorways (Autobahn type) in Europe has half kilometer markers,<br>
AFAIK.<br>For several countries, main routes (non-Autobahn) also have markers.<br>In some countries, even 200 or 100 meter markers.<br>At least in my country, also county roads have half kilometer markers.<br>If in an emergensy, I think I'd give ethe nearest marker position if I<br>
see it or remember it before I struggle to read a lat/long position.<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>73 de Jan, LA2BBA<br>Hvaler, Norway<br></font>
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