Active Resistance to Metrication

Active Resistance to Metrication (A.R.M.) is a British pressure group, founded in June 2001 cite news
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title = Will we ever go completely metric?
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date = 2004-09-02
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accessdate = 2007-08-12 ] with a membership of five, opposed to metrification in the United Kingdom (UK). A.R.M. state that their current membership is "in the dozens".cite web
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A.R.M. are known for Direct action tactics such as the removing or amending of road and footpath signs whose measurements are expressed in metric units only which A.R.M. says are illegal. In 2002, as part of a campaign by the group, various road and footpath signs in metres which the group claimed contravened the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002, were removed by A.R.M. member, Tony Bennett.cite web
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title = Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 3113 The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002
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accessdate = 2007-08-12 ] cite news
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title = Anti-Metric Sign Activist Faces Trial
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date = 2002-05-05
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accessdate = 2007-08-17 ] He was prosecuted for an action in Kent where he removed about 40 metric signs. He was found guilty in May 2002 of theft and criminal damage by Maidstone Magistrates' Court. cite news
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title = 'Imperial vigilante' guilty of theft
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date = 2002-05-22
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accessdate = 2007-08-12 ] In October 2002 his conviction for theft was overturned by Judge Keith Simpson at Maidstone Crown Court. Judge Simpson upheld the conviction for criminal damage but discharged the sentence, which had been 50 hours of community service. cite news
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title = 'Imperial vigilante' wins legal appeal
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date = 2002-10-31
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accessdate = 2007-08-12 ] Up to September 2004 Bennett was arrested six times as part of the group's campaign to remove metric signs which they claim are illegal. He was charged three times, but received only the one conviction in 2002.

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* [http://www.activeresistance.org.uk ARM website]