<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 at 12:30, Martin Wynne <<a href="mailto:martin@85a.uk">martin@85a.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">What is the UK legal and OSM situation with regard to roller skates?<br>
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An article recently suggested sales of roller skates are booming.<br>
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Is it legal to use roller skates on a public footpath? On a cycleway? On <br>
a bridleway?<br>
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Physically of course it needs a hard surface, but that is a separate <br>
issue to the legal access.<br>
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As far as I can find, the only wiki reference to roller skates is as a <br>
sport, such as a roller skating rink:<br>
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<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:sport%3Dskateboard" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:sport%3Dskateboard</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Not roller skates, but roller blades: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smoothness">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smoothness</a></div><table class="gmail-wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(248,249,250);color:rgb(32,33,34);margin:1em 0px;border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);border-collapse:collapse;font-family:sans-serif"><tbody><tr><td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:0.2em 0.4em"><tt dir="ltr" class="gmail-mw-content-ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:1em;direction:ltr;background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6;white-space:nowrap"><a class="gmail-mw-selflink gmail-selflink" style="text-decoration:inherit;color:inherit;background:none;font-weight:bold">smoothness</a></tt></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:0.2em 0.4em"><tt style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:1em;background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:smoothness%3Dexcellent" class="gmail-mw-redirect" title="Tag:smoothness=excellent" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(6,69,173);background:none">excellent</a></tt></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:0.2em 0.4em"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Way" title="way" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(6,69,173);background:none"><img alt="way" src="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/thumb/e/ee/Osm_element_way.svg/20px-Osm_element_way.svg.png" width="20" height="20" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: text-bottom;"></a> <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Area" title="area" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(6,69,173);background:none"><img alt="area" src="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/thumb/e/e6/Osm_element_area.svg/20px-Osm_element_area.svg.png" width="20" height="20" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: text-bottom;"></a></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:0.2em 0.4em">(thin_rollers) roller blade, skate board and all below</td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(162,169,177);padding:0.2em 0.4em">As-new asphalt or concrete, smooth paving stones with seamless connections, etc.</td></tr></tbody></table><div>iD mentions roller blades in their preset for smoothness: "Thin Rollers: rollerblade, skateboard".<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Whereas it seems they are now being regarded as a means of transport:<br>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/ijpuMVgxDlo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ijpuMVgxDlo</a><br>
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Is roller_skates=yes ok on a highway?<br>
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Martin.<br><br>
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