XPost: alt.usage.english
From: rundtosset@lundhansen.dk

Helmut Richter wrote:

> And easier to remember than 1.609344. But when will you need such precision?
> For instance, when you drive on German roads outside villages, you must
> reduce your speed to 31.0685 mph whereas the rough rule 1 mi = 1.6 km would
> have allowed you 31.2500 mph.

I haven't neede it, but just for fun I have calculated the Danish speed
limits in miles. If you want round firgures, it's:

  	  50 km = 30 mi
  	  80 km = 50 mi
  	110 km = 70 mi (2 km too much)
  	130 km = 80 mi

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark

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