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On 11/20/2010 10:34 AM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
/snip/This reminds me of a newspaper piece on the adoption of traffic
It is understood that the IEEE, in its publications, will use whichever unit is preferred by an individual author. The Hewlett-Packard Journal has adopted a similar policy, i.e., both cycles per second and hertz may be used for a transitional time of a year or more. It is expected that full adoption of the unit hertz will then be made after this time and after broader knowledge of the unit exists.
-Editor
roundabouts in the US.
Traffic engineers like them because they are relatively low maintenance,
reduce serious T bone collisions in favor of minor sideswipes and
improve flow rates. When polled however, intended users show a 1/3
approval rate, and mention that America is different, or similar.
After adoption, user polls improve to about 2/3 approval rates.
Brian W
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