Actually, it’s the other way around. 100 degrees F weather is really hot. Driving 100 MPH is really fast.
In metric we have 40 degrees C weather is really hot, and driving…uhhh… gets out a calculator 170 kph is really fast.
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mcSibiss@lemmy.world 2 months ago
By that logic, Americans should use km/h instead of mph. Going 0-100 is much better than 0-60. For the same reason you keep telling us why Fahrenheit is so much more intuitive.
toddestan@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Uhh and 100 ° C is also really hot.
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Plus, 100 km/h is also pretty fast.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
100°C is where you shouldn’t touch it anymore and 100 to 120 km/h is the speed limit about everywhere except germany.
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You can go 100 mph
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 months ago
You can also go 107 Celsius, for a while.
mcSibiss@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You guys have a lot of Max 100 zones?
Because in km/h, we got lots of those
jadedwench@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think the highest speed limit I have seen in America is 85mph, which is around 135km/h. Typical highway speed limits though are 65mph, but everyone goes 5-10 over (105-120km/h).
The nice thing about mph is the whole mile a minute at 60mph. Makes it easy to mentally estimate time of arrival.
Scrollone@feddit.it 2 months ago
I mean… 100km/h is 100 km in one hour, it’s still useful to estimate a far arrival.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And 120 kph is 2 km per minute.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 months ago
but everyone goes 5-10 over
Do police not arrest people for this?
psud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Highest I have driven on is 130km/h, but it has no speed enforcement.
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I didn’t say it was legal.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I think the more common measurement is 0-60 mph, so maybe thats closer to 1-100 in kilometers per hour.
mcSibiss@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s my point.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
100mph is like, actually kinda spooky though. 100 kmh isn’t spooky. Also 60mph ties nicely into the seconds/minutes/hours time dichotomy, which is fun.