B R I T I S H
W E I G H T S
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M E A S U R E S
ASSOCIATION
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
30 March 2001
INCITEMENT TO CRIME
Local authority incites tourist centres to break the law
The Sedgemoor District Council's "Design Guide to Directional Advertising" specifies metric distances on tourist signs. Under the 1994 Traffic Signs Regulations it is unlawful to display signs that do not show distances in miles, or yards. This applies to both road traffic signs and pavement signs for pedestrians.
(Britain gained a concession from the EU to allow us to use exclusively miles and yards in road signs)While Sedgemoor District Council is inciting owners of tourist attractions to use illegal metric roadsigns the Sunderland Borough Council has prosecuted a green grocer for using allegedly illegal imperial measures when selling bananas. This is typical of the hypocrisy of local authorities when dealing with our traditional and popular system of measures.
Vivian Linacre, BWMA Director, says, "Once again Local Authorities have slipped on their own banana skin".
The British Weights and Measures Association invites the citizens of Sedgemoor to bring a private prosecution of their District Council for inciting a criminal offence.
Enclosed: Design Guide
The British Weights & Measures Association is supporting the Sunderland Metric Martyrs in fighting the unwanted and supremely unpopular European compulsory metrication laws. The judge's ruling will be given on Monday 9 April.
For local information contact Mrs Victoria Gardner, 01278 42 03 67
For further information CONTACT: Mr Vivian Linacre, BWMA Director,
45 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh EH7 5JX (Tel. & FAX: 0131 556 6080)www.footrule.org and www.bwmaOnline.com
Press release distributed by David Delaney, BWMA Hon Public Relations Officer, Mortimers Cross Mill, Leominster, HR6 9PE,
Tel: 01568 708 820, e-mail dtdelaney@compuserve.com
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