[Tagging] Residential roads

Dave F. davefox at madasafish.com
Sat Oct 2 00:55:58 BST 2010


  On 30/09/2010 12:38, Colin Smale wrote:
> Also important for routing systems is the "practical speed" for a road.
> Many country roads may have a high legal limit, but for reasons including
> width and curviness you may never achieve anywhere near that in practice.

Only stupid people think that because the max legal limit is set that 
you can drive at the speed.

> So maybe an additional explicit tag for the "effective speed for routing
> purposes"?

This is subjective and not helpful for any scenario within OSM.

> That might also stop people getting directed up goat tracks:
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1315762/White-van-man-airlifted-safety-satnav-sends-mountain.html

I'm afraid not. This driver was obviously blind not only to the 
surroundings but also sensible instructions.

Cheers
Dave F.




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