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I guess this would probably depend on where you live, in the USA they all have them.
Well, the Romans introduced the mile to Britain, from mille which means one thousand, as it was 1,000 paces of a marching soldier.A bigger question for me is: when did UK start using miles instead of kilometers?
As a UK driver im pretty sure we've always been using miles, as we still use imperial measurements for some things. We buy fuel in litres yet measure fuel economy in miles per gallons which is a different gallon to a US gallon to the best of my knowledge. Confused yet?
As for the speed limit going up to 80mph sure it is achievable when the roads are empty. But when its busy you can count yourself lucky if you ever get to break 60.
This from the directgov website may be of interest http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelA...G_178867?CID=TAT&PLA=url_mon&CRE=speed_limits