Why are distances listed in miles and not kilometres, timesonline.co.uk?
Some places in England still use imperial measures: The Units of Measurement Regulations 1995 require that all measuring devices used in trade or retail be capable of measuring and displaying metric quantities. This has now been proved in court against the so called ‘Metric Martyrs’, a small group of market traders who insisted on trading only in Imperial units. Contrary to the impression given by some press reports, these regulations have never placed any obstacle in the way of using Imperial units alongside metric units. Almost all traders in the UK will accept requests from customers specified in Imperial units, and scales which display in both unit systems are commonplace in retail trade. The United Kingdom completed its legal transition to SI units in 1995, but a few such units are still in official use: draught beer must still be sold in pints, most roadsign distances are still in yards and miles, and speed limits are in miles per hour, therefore interfaces in cars must be capabl
