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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jan 23, 2021, 18:51 by zelonewolf@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"> <br></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div><div>Is there a chance that it is outright illegal for pedestrian to be there?<br></div><div>In Poland someone walking on such road would be breaking law, even<br></div><div>if such road would not be explicitly signed as forbidden for pedestrians.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>How is this fact tagged/documented? Are such roads tagged foot=no (as it is illegal) or is it assumed based on some other combination of tagging? <br></div></div></div></blockquote><div>foot=no is used not only for explicit signage[1], but also for "illegal due to fact that pedestrian<br></div><div>there would obstruct traffic and would be a deadly danger".<br></div><div><br></div><div>What is also not ideal as interpretation of this rule is at least partially subjective[2].<br></div><div><br></div><div>But it solves at least cases like this one from Sweden, even I would not argue that<br></div><div>walking on carriageway would not fall under this rule.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] though "no pedestrians" and "no cyclists" signs is used quite widely, also in places where it<br></div><div>is not reasonable to outlaw such access - ending with opposite unsolved problem, how to<br></div><div>handle "illegal but feasible to use and commonly used this way as there is no sane alternative"<br></div><div><br></div><div>[2] what worse actual law is catchall rule "who blocks or obstructs traffic(...)" that<br></div><div>can be twisted to be defined extremely broadly...<br></div><div><br></div><div>"Art. 90 kodeksu wykroczeń Kto tamuje lub utrudnia ruch na drodze publicznej,<br></div><div> w strefie zamieszkania lub strefie ruchu, podlega karze grzywny albo karze nagany."<br></div><div><br></div><div>Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. Maybe I am wrong and walking on such road is actually<br></div><div>legal in Poland. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Polish traffic laws are not known for being reasonable, without self-contradictions,<br></div><div>well constructed and easy to interpret.<br></div> </body>
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