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The United Nations creating a uniform system of regulations, WP.29 was established on June 1952, for vehicle design to facilitate international trade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Forum_for_Harmonization_o...

As of 2012, the participants to the 1958 Agreement include 52 countries including all of Europe, China, Russia, Japan, Australia.

Part of the regulations is a common specification for fuel use - litres per 100km.

There is one significant non-signatory to the agreement.



Could it be the very country that is among the three that refuses to use the metric system with myanmar and liberia ?

http://deandecrease.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/we-dont-need-no...


Could even use gallons per 250 miles as a fair approximation in US-style units, and I think it's a more practical measure than gallons per mile since it indicates perhaps a week of moderately heavy driving.


Gallons per 280 miles is even closer. And since there are seven days in a week, you can weakly justify that as 40 miles a day every day of the week.




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