[Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

[fly]

On 25.06.2013 20:43, martinq wrote:
>>> There is no (common) restriction that limits the actual weight of
>>> truck+trailer, thus it makes no sense to define maxweight as limit for
>>> the complete train.
>> ...
>> this one is for gross weight of vehicles _including_ trailers:
>> http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeichen_253.svg
> 
> Yes, see second part of my posting you responded to.
> 
> But the example does not support your original idea of defining
> maxweight (=*actual weight* restriction) for complete trains instead of
> vehicles. It only supports it for gross_weight, but this was already
> pointed out by me.
> 
> 
> To focus back on the original topic:
> 
> What is your conclusion regarding the proposal and the tagging of these
> restrictions?
> 
> The crucial part is to keep tagging simple. We cannot expect that
> everyone knows the subtle legal differences (I didn't know them until I
> have done my own investigation). A trade-off between pure road-sign
> tagging (which makes interpretation difficult) and the meaning (which is
> complex due to vehicle, trailers, weight types, etc) is required.

At least in Europe every person with a driving licence should know about
gross_weight as this is one of the important number regarding your licence.