<div dir="auto">So, I assume that routers give weights to the road classification....are we in danger of people trying to discourage rat runs by downgrading the road classification in OSM?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 19 Aug 2021, 22:59 Mark Goodge, <<a href="mailto:mark@good-stuff.co.uk">mark@good-stuff.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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On 19/08/2021 20:40, Martin Wynne wrote:<br>
> Does the presence/absence of a white line down the middle have any <br>
> bearing on this? How about the height of the street lamps? The width of <br>
> metalling?<br>
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Not really, no. Centre markings, as a general rule, are only found on <br>
classified roads, so their absence won't help you tell the difference <br>
between tertiary and residential as neither will normally have centre <br>
markings (although there are exceptions, in both cases). Similarly, the <br>
width of the road is more a function of when it was built than its <br>
status. And street lights are whatever height was appropriate when they <br>
were installed.<br>
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What can be useful is the presence or absence of "give way" signs and <br>
markings at the end of a street where it ends in a T-junction with a <br>
road of higher priority. These are recommended (but not mandatory) at <br>
the end of tertiary roads (what the Traffic Signs Manual calls "minor <br>
roads") but not recommended at the end of local or residential roads. <br>
This, for example, is the end of a minor (tertiary) road:<br>
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<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/9VETh4KKHWu8yVR97" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/9VETh4KKHWu8yVR97</a><br>
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but this is the end of a residential road:<br>
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<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/xSRQrJUtgDPEo3ZJ8" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/xSRQrJUtgDPEo3ZJ8</a><br>
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So, while their presence or absence isn't definitive, they are often a <br>
good indicator of whether the local authority considers the road to be <br>
tertiary or residential. The biggest problem there, though, is that a <br>
lot of urban roads end in light-controlled junctions or have stop signs <br>
rather than give way signs (and stop signs are always mandatory where <br>
the circumstances require their use, even on local roads), so looking <br>
for give way signs can be a fruitless task in some places.<br>
<br>
Mark<br>
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