A few of my own thoughts. Since the subject came up on the GB list a year ago I've been adding speed limits. Personal confusion about a speed limit on a roundabout along a dual carriageway led to me creating a personal page about UK speed limits<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Jamicu/UK_Speed_Limits">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Jamicu/UK_Speed_Limits</a><br><br><u>Use of "maxspeed=national"</u><br>I assume it would be problematic or extremely complex for end users to work out the speed limit by simply using "national". It's a trivial action to add whether the national speed limit is dual or single. A restricted road is also a type of national speed limit although it's commonly considered a separate type.<br>
<br><u>Use of additional source:maxspeed or maxspeed:type</u><br>I'm getting increasingly fed up with adding a speed limit in mph, then adding a second tag for the same thing. It feels like an unnecessary waste of time. I have been using the source:maxspeed tag to add what I'd call the correct speed limit, but I'd agree that using maxspeed:type makes more sense.<br>
<br>I'd prefer it if only one tag was used, and that for National Speed Limits we indicated whether it was dual, single, or restricted. But we've clearly gone too far on the numerical type road, many people find it easier to simply put a number in.<br>
<br>Jason<br>