slothrop@lemmy.ca to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago'If he had hit me head-on, I probably wouldn't be here today' – Soudal-QuickStep rider left stunned after 100kph hit-and-run while trainingwww.cyclingnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 days agooff topic: am I the only one bothered by the use of kph instead of km/h? I guess the unit is meters but kph means kilo per hour
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoKm/h is correct. KPH is wrong. Mi/h is wrong. MPH is right. Someone got confused and used the wrong form of abbreviation for speeds. KPH stands for Kilometers per Hour, and is a sign of a lack of proofreading. Yes I am also bothered.
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoUsing k as short for kilometer is not without precedent. For example, when talking about running or cycling distances - 5k, 10k, 100k, etc
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoWikipedia says: The kilometre per hour (SI symbol: km/h; non-SI abbreviations: kph, kmph, km/hr)
minus-squaredonnachaidh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days ago“k’s” (pronounced “kays”) is also assumed to mean kilometres, at least in Australia and in context.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days ago kilo per hour that makes no sense outside of aviation.
off topic: am I the only one bothered by the use of kph instead of km/h? I guess the unit is meters but kph means kilo per hour
Km/h is correct. KPH is wrong.
Mi/h is wrong. MPH is right.
Someone got confused and used the wrong form of abbreviation for speeds. KPH stands for Kilometers per Hour, and is a sign of a lack of proofreading. Yes I am also bothered.
Using k as short for kilometer is not without precedent. For example, when talking about running or cycling distances - 5k, 10k, 100k, etc
Wikipedia says:
“k’s” (pronounced “kays”) is also assumed to mean kilometres, at least in Australia and in context.
that makes no sense outside of aviation.