Automobile odometers

Why is it odometers are in tenths of a mile and highway signs are in fractions of a mile? Wouldn't it be easier for highway signs to say 0.50 miles instead of 1/2 mile, etc.?

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dickw60

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Ice man

LOL that would be far to confusing because it would be too close to the dreaded metric system. ;-)

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- RareCatch
  
  Excellent Jan.31

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