fined for using words like pint yard and pounds and ounces?

Question

is it right under eu regulations that from 2010 anyone useing none metric words in any conversation with people with government conections ie police and council officers will be fined £60 on the spot for not being eu correct and this as been agred with our labour government and eu leaders at the last meeting

Answer 1

No, that's not true.

It has been agreed that all transactions will take place in metric units, and you can be fined for conducting business in imperial units (with certain exception like pints of milk and beer and 22 yard cricket piches), but you can't be fined for using non-metric language, unless you're attempting to trade in imperial units.

You're just trying to provoke a hysterical reaction from our resident europhobes. Mind you, that's not difficult.

Answer 2

This is absolutely not true.

You will not get fined for using a non-legal measurement in conversation.

You will get fined, however, if you try to SELL something in non-legal units. This is to ensure there are standards in weights and measures and ultimately to protect the consumer.

In medieval times, every place throughout the former Roman Empire had it's own system of measurement. A pound was not the same in Paris as in Rome as in London. Since then, we have come up with a system to facilitate trade and to protect the buyer from being scammed by alleging it is a weight which is no longer being maintaned as a standard.

Answer 3

That is not going to happen since the EU only standardised sizes so it is easier for consumers to compare like with like and for manufacturers not to have to run up huge costs manufacturing products in different sizes.

And only the UK has instituted fines for the change from imperial to metric. It is up to each individual country to make the changeover in their own way.

In Ireland we recently made changed our speed limits to metric and it went quite well, possibly because road signs had distances in km for ages, but everyone accepted since it made sense. People were informed well in advance and different sections of the community were consulted.

From here it looks like not much attention is paid to the UK MEPs unless they are from the BNP or Veritas and that seems the limit of coverage about what the EU does.

Answer 4

Lol ... someone said they were pleased to be american. Funny, as officially the USA went metric in 1975, but did not set a target date for conversion ...

Anyway ... As for the EU coming aout with daft ideas, what a surprise eh ... They be saying that banana's of more than a certain bend will be illegal to sell next ...

Answer 5

Thats Labiour for you, roll over and except any daft law that is thrown our way from Europe. Whats wrong with being a Europhope by the way? We live in a free country, its my right to like and dislike who ever I chose. If i don't like the idea of a Federal Europe (for reasons too many to print here), then thats my choice. So Mr Sceptic, what do you have to say about that?

Answer 6

Parts of the US did go metric...but they figured it was a stupid idea and reverted back to imperial measure.
Metric measure was bought in by Napoleon..based on the distance from the equator to the north pole...and he got that wrong.
The European flag has 12 stars on it...yet as far as Europe is concerned the perfect number is the decimal..TEN.
Bring back Pounds ,shillings and pennies..Thats what I say.

Answer 7

No? Seriously? I'm eighteen and although I'm sure I must have been taught metric at school I still use stone, pounds etc... they can't surely? Freedom of Speech!

Answer 8

well this does not surprise me and i will NOT become eu correct why cos i am to old to change and not only that fxxk the eu

Answer 9

talk about living in a police state.

Answer 10

Who cares? It's Europe.