[Tagging] emergency=yes

[Richard Welty]

On 1/23/14 1:13 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> What might people using the tag 'emergency=yes' have meant it to mean?
> And is it a good use?
>
> It's the #2 tag in a space that has some gems (emergency=aed and
> emergency=phone for example).  But I'm mystified by the usage.  20,000
> emergency=yes highways?
>
>
emergency=yes is an access tag, you would use it, for example, for
a u-turn on a motorway where the only permissible vehicles are
engaged in emergency response, e.g.

access=no
emergency=yes

richard

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