<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>sent from a phone</div><div><br>On 23. Aug 2017, at 01:20, Greg Troxel <<a href="mailto:gdt@lexort.com">gdt@lexort.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>maxspeed:practical should be a representative speed that's valid most of</span><br><span>the time.</span><br><span></span><br><a href="#" class="_AppleShowQuotedContentButton"><div style="height: 49px !important; overflow: hidden !important;"><div preoffsettop="1306" preoffsetheight="288"><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1306"><span>maxspeed:practical should not have any values above the legal speed</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1354"><span>limit.. and if it had routers should ignore such values anyway, at </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1402"><span>least thats what I would expect from navigation software.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1450"><span>Many years ago something like this was encouraged in the ancient </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1498"><span>proposal but it is no longer in the description.. if there is any </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1546"><span>remaining doubt I would explicitly state it in the wiki.</span><br></blockquote></div></div><div class="button">Show Quoted Content</div><div style="height: 49px !important; overflow: hidden !important;"><div preoffsettop="1306" preoffsetheight="288"><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1306"><span>maxspeed:practical should not have any values above the legal speed</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1354"><span>limit.. and if it had routers should ignore such values anyway, at </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1402"><span>least thats what I would expect from navigation software.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1450"><span>Many years ago something like this was encouraged in the ancient </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1498"><span>proposal but it is no longer in the description.. if there is any </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1546"><span>remaining doubt I would explicitly state it in the wiki.</span><br></blockquote></div></div></a><div preoffsettop="1306" preoffsetheight="288" style="display: none;"><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1306"><span>maxspeed:practical should not have any values above the legal speed</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1354"><span>limit.. and if it had routers should ignore such values anyway, at </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1402"><span>least thats what I would expect from navigation software.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1450"><span>Many years ago something like this was encouraged in the ancient </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1498"><span>proposal but it is no longer in the description.. if there is any </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="1546"><span>remaining doubt I would explicitly state it in the wiki.</span><br></blockquote></div><span></span><br><span>This seems unreasonable. Maybe where you are people follow speed limits</span><br><span>(because they are enforced, or because speed limits are set by good</span><br><span>engineering practice instead of arbitrarily)</span></div></blockquote><br><div><br></div><div>yes, I see several situations where tagging additionally maxspeed:practical or typical would be interesting:</div><div><br></div><div>a) small/windy/unpaved roads without posted speed limits </div><div>where the default speed limit is far from what you can reasonably and safely drive</div><div><br></div><div>b) situations where the posted speed limit is off the actual context, so that nobody respects it and the police doesn't enforce it</div><div><br></div><div>c) situations where there's a reason for a specific speed limit but still nobody respects it and the police doesn't enforce it.</div><div>Around here, on a big arterial road with 2+3+3+2 lanes (10), some months ago the city posted 30kph signs on all lanes and directions (before 50 but people went and still go 70-100 on the central lanes), presumably to postpone maintenance work without risking to being held responsible in case of an accident.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div>Martin </div></body></html>