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   From: rundtosset@lundhansen.dk   
      
   Helmut Richter wrote:   
      
   > And easier to remember than 1.609344. But when will you need such precision?   
   > For instance, when you drive on German roads outside villages, you must   
   > reduce your speed to 31.0685 mph whereas the rough rule 1 mi = 1.6 km would   
   > have allowed you 31.2500 mph.   
      
   I haven't neede it, but just for fun I have calculated the Danish speed   
   limits in miles. If you want round firgures, it's:   
      
     	  50 km = 30 mi   
     	  80 km = 50 mi   
     	110 km = 70 mi (2 km too much)   
     	130 km = 80 mi   
      
   --   
   Bertel   
   Kolt, Denmark   
      
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