Ireland is going metric in their speed limits. But since the current limits are rarely enforced, most people don’t believe the new metric limits will be either.

Here’s the money quote from the article:

“They can list these speeds in watts or grams or, whaddya call ‘em, megabytes — I still won’t get a ticket,” said Pat Cullinane, a Dublin taxi driver….

By the way, my van can do 0 to 64 megabytes in under ten seconds.