I don't like the idea of tagging a dual-carriageway for a way that doesn't have a physical barrier in between. No passing zones should be tagged in a manner to denote when passing is or is not permitted by regulation.<div>
<br></div><div>Andrew S. J. Sawyer<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:05, Colin Smale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colin.smale@xs4all.nl">colin.smale@xs4all.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On 06/10/2010 00:12, John Smith wrote:<br>
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Someone just added this, it's a good idea on principal, but is this<br>
the best way to tag it?<br>
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<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Map_Features:highway&oldid=534629&diff=next" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Map_Features:highway&oldid=534629&diff=next</a><br>
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The page for the overtaking tag appears to have been in existence since August 2009. What's new is that it has been linked from the Mapping Features page, which maybe should have happened earlier?<br>
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I changed the title of this post as the overtaking tag doesn't cover overtaking lanes as such, just general prohibitions.<br>
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This came into the limelight in NL following a discussion about single-carriageway (main) roads with a double white line (i.e. "do not cross", effectively "no overtaking") and whether they should be modelled as a dual carriageway as you are supposed to drive *as if* there is a wall down the middle of the road. This tag was suggested as an alternative approach.<br>
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