[Tagging] [OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

[Richard Fairhurst]

Ben Laenen wrote:
> So my idea: define sensible physical defaults for each barrier 
> type (barrier=bollard blocks wide traffic for example). And if 
> it's not really possible to make a good default (like barrier=gate) 
> then by default allow everything that's allowed on the highways 
> at both sides of that gate.

Spot on. :)

(FWIW, for some real-world experience of Ben's latter comment: bridleways,
over here at least, almost always have gates constructed in such a way that
a horse could pass through.)

cheers
Richard
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