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The situation is far more bizarre than "use" or "not use." As I understand it, America uses something along the lines of "converted metric units" - i.e. the ent

The situation is far more bizarre than "use" or "not use." As I understand it, America uses something along the lines of "converted metric units" - i.e. the entire imperial system is defined according to metric/SI. Some subset of public records have been, supposedly, converted to metric. If you have a recent car, it should have km/h alongside mph (in a smaller font, or as a different digital readout). You'll find metric all over the place if you keep an eye out for it.

sbierwagen 7y ago
US cars have had dual speedometers for decades. One example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-1980-1981-FORD-MUSTANG-85MPH-SPEEDOMETER-ASY-/372373390303 https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-1980-1981-FORD-MUSTANG-85MPH-SP...
moron4hire 7y ago
It's called "US Customary", not "imperial".
- Taniwha 7y ago
  Only in the US - except for gallons/fluid ounces - those genuinely are US only
  - moron4hire 7y ago
    No, that's my point. The system of units that is used in the United States is not "Imperial", it has differences from Imperial. We use "US Customary".
spritecranberry 7y ago
> The situation is far more bizarre than "use" or "not use"... "converted metric units" You're absolutely right. It's time we removed the quasi-metric garbage and replaced it with proper customary units defined on the same universal constants used by SI units.