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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/9/21 6:29 pm, Karl Cheng wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sun, 19 Sept 2021 at 23:16, <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Well, that pretty much
matches what I said before:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Anything that remotely looks
like a footpath (is meant for people to walk on) is,
in the absence of one of the 4 (3 + one mirrored)
official signs I linked, a footpath.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>It is not in any way limited
to things that would be tagged as “sidewalk” in OSM.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>e.g. take this example from
my local neighbourhood: <a
href="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/558999688670609448/889134418067881994/unknown.png"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>In the absence of any signs
saying otherwise (spoiler, there aren’t in this
case) all of these are “footpaths” as defined by
law.</span></p>
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<div>From what I understand, this whole "Road Rules"
regulation only applies to "roads" and "road related areas".</div>
<div>Only footpaths adjacent to a "road", or any path
explicitly designated for cyclists are considered to be
"road related areas".<br>
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<div>See rules 11-13 of the Road Rules for details.</div>
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<p>The old NSW road rules said <br>
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<p>"Any place open to, or used by, the public" .. <br>
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<p>So council and supermarket carparks were covered, as were some
group of people (the public) using private property - with or
without permission... <br>
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<p>I have no idea what the present ones say .. but I'd imagine
something similar will be there. And I think other jurisdictions
will have similar claims. <br>
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