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Originally Posted by Dibble
Speed limits are not a problem but the one aspect that does bug me is the Met Office will tell us on the TV weather news is that we are going to get so many centimetres of snow. Being of the old school, how many flaming inches is that! It could be 6" or 12", I wouldn't know.
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The clue is in the detail. If the reporter says we can expect 'about 7.6 cm", rather than 'about 7' or 'about 8', it's a sign that the forecast was actually 'about 3' (inches), and some muppet at the BBC insisting that another muppet get out his calculator, and literally convert inches to cm.
In the same vein, speed limits can be a problem too. Some inland waterways have in the past seen (for example) 7mph signs replaced by '
11.2 kph' signs.
Providing common sense is applied, the above scenarios could be avoided by suitable rounding algorithms. But if common sense were an option, wouldn't it be easier to just stick with 'about 3 inches of snow' and '7mph' for rivers.