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[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Miles or kilometers per hour makes sense in the context of travel, you can very easily estimate how long it's going to take to get somewhere.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Ironically, km/h is better for estimation because hours are 3600 seconds. If an hour were 1000 seconds or whatever, it would barely take more effort to calculate with m/s

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I was thinking about estimating stopping distances and reaction times. The number of metres you cover every second becomes important then.