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Change distance units in road transport from miles to kilometres

Submitted by Cassian Lodge on Sunday 29th March 2026

Published on Wednesday 29th April 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Thursday 29th October 2026

Current Signatures: 22
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Change ~ Distance ~ Easier ~ Imperial ~ Major ~ Metric ~ Miles ~ ROADS ~ Run ~ system ~ The World ~ Transport ~ VAST ~ Vast majority ~ work

Petition Action

Change distance units in road transport from miles to kilometres

Petition Details

We want the Government to change distance units from imperial (yards and miles) to metric (metres and kilometres), because we think using two different sets of units is more work in the long run, and metric distances are easier to work with.

Additional Information

The vast majority of the rest of the world use the metric system


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