On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Nathan Edgars II <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neroute2@gmail.com">neroute2@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Anthony wrote:<br>
>I wouldn't suggest tagging a road with bicycle=yes if bicycles are only<br>
>permitted in a bike lane either. How's a router supposed to know how to<br>
>handle turns if it thinks the bikes are allowed to use the road?<br>
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When you cycle, how do *you* handle a (left) turn? In Florida you have<br>
two options - move over to the left like any other driver, or stop on<br>
the right and cross the entire roadway. The router will tell you to<br>
turn left, and you'll choose how to do that.<br></blockquote><div><br>It seems to me that the latter isn't always available, at least not safely and legally. Granted, I don't know of any roads (in Florida or otherwise) where bicycles are permitted, but they are only permitted to use the shoulder, so I can't think of an example off the top of my head. But what if there's something like this: <a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&ll=28.058596,-82.503741&spn=0.00152,0.001778&t=k&z=19">http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&ll=28.058596,-82.503741&spn=0.00152,0.001778&t=k&z=19</a><br>
<br>If bicycles are only permitted to use the shoulder, that means they can't use the left turning lane, and instead have to go to the next traffic light and make a U-turn. If bicycles are allowed to use the roadway, then they can get in the left turning lane and make the turn directly.<br>
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