<div dir="ltr">Good morning
Mateusz ,<div> A lot of the tertiary roads in Australia are under local government authority ownership Mateusz. So we have a single Federal Government and then the states and territories and finally under that local government. In Victoria, there are 77 local government authorities (mainly shires and councils).</div><div> </div><div> A lot of these rural shires have little money and so a lot of older signs may be still found, especially on creek crossings on dirt roads that are pre standardisation. Also, the state governments looks after a lot of the forest reserves through their "conservation" department or similar. These signs on logging roads may also differ, mainly due to the vastness of the network.</div><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-gJ" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;width:auto;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px;display:block;color:rgb(119,119,119)"><tbody style="display:block"><tr style="display:flex"><td class="gmail-gF gmail-gK" style="white-space:nowrap;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;width:auto;line-height:20px;display:block;max-height:20px"><br></td></tr></tbody></table>The axle signs I haven't seen but as a cyclist I don't look too closely at these. I do know that there is a Victorian database of road and bridge limits however I don't know where copyright sits but would have a decent guess that it is not available to OSM.<div><br></div><div>Thanks for all your work. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 at 09:49, Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="gmail-m_2803698876545897279moz-cite-prefix">On 24/06/19 05:49, Mateusz Konieczny
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<div>How weight limit signs in
Australia looks like? Especially on bridges?<br>
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<div>I found <a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/signs/regulatory" target="_blank">https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/signs/regulatory</a><br>
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<div>with "Bridge load limit signs"
that have two examples:<br>
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<div><a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0020/42824/r6-3.png" target="_blank">https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0020/42824/r6-3.png</a><br>
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<div><a href="https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0013/42700/r6-17.png" target="_blank">https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0013/42700/r6-17.png</a><br>
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<div>is the same set of signs used
in 5 other states?<br>
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Similar<br>
<a class="gmail-m_2803698876545897279moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/378221/hvdh-section5.pdf" target="_blank">https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/378221/hvdh-section5.pdf</a><br>
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<div>is "per axle group" commonly
used or is it an extremely rare curiosity?<br>
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Most don't drive trucks so they pay no attention to them. <br>
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There are maximum weights and dimensions that vehicle have to comply
with. Major roads have bridges that withstand those maximums so they
have no signs for that. It is only on lesser roads where a bridge
cannot carry that maximum load that you should find these signs. I
would think short bridges may well carry axle limits. <br>
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<div>is this sign using short ton
or long ton or normal tonnes (=1000 kg) as an unit? <br>
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We are a metric country now. So 1tonne = 1000kg.<br>
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<div>According to sources that I
also encountered design like US signs, like<br>
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<div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R12-1.svg" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R12-1.svg</a><br>
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<div>is at least sometimes used in
Australia.<br>
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<div>Is it correct? (my sources
were quite dubious so...)<br>
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Unfortunately the road signs are under Australian Standard, AS
1743:2018. Australian Standards are copyright ... most will say that
is ridiculous! <br>
But there we are. So finding examples of signs can be difficult. I
can go and look at the AS, but I cannot copy it (I did have the
capability at work, but had to declare it - special licence) ... I
can photo signs beside the road ... There are some examples in learn
to drive booklets, but I have not found any with the truck weight
limits as yet. <br>
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Some older signs may still be found but they will be replace with AS
1743:2018 signs. <br>
See
<a class="gmail-m_2803698876545897279moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/StandardsTechnical/RoadandTrafficEngineering/TrafficManagement/AustralianStandardSigns/Pages/home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/StandardsTechnical/RoadandTrafficEngineering/TrafficManagement/AustralianStandardSigns/Pages/home.aspx</a>
for some old examples. <br>
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