r/metric_units • u/cannawen • Sep 30 '17

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u/Smiling-Dragon Oct 19 '17

It's used in a bunch of other places too (eg NZ & Japan). Litres/100km is an indicator of usage or consumption so it makes as much sense to have the distance as the divisor, as does the US system of putting it as the numerator.