Originally Posted by Fawteen
Originally Posted by supton
Yeah, that is kinda funny. I suppose for "those in the know" it makes sense, but most anyone else would just call it 2km. [I often wonder just how accurate those signs are, I mean, do they pull out a tape measure and make sure it's right at the 1 mile mark? I'm guessing a hundred yards either way is well with the margin of acceptable error for anyone traveling at highway speeds.]
They're actually quite accurate. When we travel we use a Garmin in addition to a real map, and those signs are usually dead-on.
Indeed, they're all survey'd out and placed on the CAD drawings by CAD designers and civil engineers when designing the roadway.
Originally Posted by supton
Yeah, that is kinda funny. I suppose for "those in the know" it makes sense, but most anyone else would just call it 2km. [I often wonder just how accurate those signs are, I mean, do they pull out a tape measure and make sure it's right at the 1 mile mark? I'm guessing a hundred yards either way is well with the margin of acceptable error for anyone traveling at highway speeds.]
They're actually quite accurate. When we travel we use a Garmin in addition to a real map, and those signs are usually dead-on.
Indeed, they're all survey'd out and placed on the CAD drawings by CAD designers and civil engineers when designing the roadway.