<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 April 2011 08:49, Steve Doerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doerr.stephen@gmail.com">doerr.stephen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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On 09/04/2011 08:15, Peter Miller wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">maxspeed:type=GB:dual_carriageway (or GB:motorway,
GB:rural, GB:urban)<br>
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I don't like the urban/rural dichotomy for the UK as it doesn't
correspond to anything in the legislation here - unless you believe
that street-lighting is a specifically urban phenomenon.<br>
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In UK law, the implicit 30 mph speed limit is associated with a
'restricted road', which is any road having 'a system of street
lighting furnished by means of lamps placed not more than 200 yards
apart' (except, pre<big>sumably, one where an explicit speed<big> </big>limit
or the 'national' speed limit applies).</big> So maybe
GB:restricted_road would be better?<br></div></blockquote><div><br>I assume you didn't mean to shout in the above comment ;) (part of it is in large characters on my computer)<br><br><br>For sure, let's finesse the actual text to relate to UK legislation. GB:restricted_road is clearly a better definition that GB:urban. Here is the definition - it mentions England, Wales and Scotland but not Northern Ireland, so GB is correct<br>
<a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/section/82">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/section/82</a><br><br>Can we find the relevant legal definitions of a motorway and a dual carriageway for GB or for UK?<br>
<br><br>Regards,<br><br><br>Peter<br><br><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
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Steve<br>
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