[Tagging] Warning traffic signs - Invitation to discussion

[Paul Johnson]

On Mar 14, 2012 2:58 PM, "John F. Eldredge" <john at jfeldredge.com> wrote:
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> Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:32 PM, OSM user <osm at fizik.spb.ru> wrote:
> > > You can look at these signs here:
> > >
> >
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Traffic_sign#dangerous_turn_and_dangerous_turns
> > > .
> > > These signs mean:
> > > *) there will be dangerous turn to the right
> > > *) there will be dangerous turn to the left
> > > *) there will be several dangerous turns, the first of them is turn
> > to the right
> > > *) there will be several dangerous turns, the first of them is turn
> > to the left
> >
> > I wonder if these are country-specific signs or if we're having a
> > failure in communication?
> >
>
>
> The USA uses similar signs, except that ours tend to be on a yellow
diamond-shaped sign, rather than a red-and-white triangle.

Aah, so curve, sharp turn and reverse turn signs.  At least with the US
versions, they simply indicate the presence of a curve, not a particular
additional danger.
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