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<div>What is the best way to specify the maximum weight when a sign specifies different weights for different axle counts?</div><div><br></div><div>The situation in question is here:</div><div><a href="https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/VMM_wbgzcm1jFm_APKhQww" target="_parent">https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/VMM_wbgzcm1jFm_APKhQww</a></div><div><br></div><div>For those who cannot see the image, the sign says</div><div>: WEIGHT LIMIT</div><div>: 2 axle - 10 tons</div><div>: 3 axle - 16 tons</div><div>: 4 axle + - 17 tons</div><div>(“tons” in this case means “short tons”, as it is in the US)</div><div><br></div><div>I went through the Tagging list archives and found a thread from Dec 2015/Jan 2016, with the subject “Specifying maxweight, when different weight limits are signed” (starting here: <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-December/027931.html" target="_parent">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-December/027931.html</a> and here: <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2016-January/027975.html" target="_parent">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2016-January/027975.html</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>My problem is that placing “maxweight=10 st” and “maxweight=17 st” are both not true to the information on the ground, plus info is lost. </div><div><br></div><div>One solution proposed in the above thread is to find the weight borne per axle and then use the most restrictive weight, as in (17 st)/(4 axles)=4.25 st/axle, tagged as “maxaxleload=4.25 st”. Unfortunately, the last is 4+ axles, meaning that with multiple axles, the maximum load per axle goes to zero, so this does not work. </div><div><br></div><div>Another solution was to use the access keys as suffixes on the maxweight key, as in “maxweight:hgv” and “maxweight:bus”, to specify the maximum weight. However, I find this solution clunky. It also doesn’t address the fact that some vehicles can have different axle counts, for example an HGV can have anywhere from two to five axles. </div><div><br></div><div>I feel this situation might need a new suffix at the very least (“maxweight:axles:#=*” ?), but it’s definitely up to comment.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>David<br></div>
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