[Tagging] Emergency Access

[Richard Welty]

On 6/15/14 1:22 PM, André Pirard wrote:
> On 2014-06-15 17:07, Andreas Goss wrote :
>> So I got a bit of work done with the WikiProject Emergency Cleanup,
>> but now I'm not really sure about emergency access.
>>
>> - Is there a difference between service=emergency_access,
>> access=emergency and emergency=yes(on roads)?
> As I recall my readings without reviewing them,
>
>   * there is a strange situation with access=emergency because there is
>     IMHO no GPS setting for emergency vehicles to follow. They would
>     certainly not rely on them anyway if OSM people laugh at people who
>     believe in OSM GPS and hence at themselves.
one of my goals for my Emergency Services project is a plugin for OsmAnd
that would actually use these access tags.
>  And emergency vehicles
>     are prone to disregard traffic rules anyway, who would blame for
>     carefully doing that people who save lives and sometimes risk their
>     lives for us,
actually, at least around here, emergency vehicles are very reluctant
to ignore restrictions even though by NYS law they may legally do so;
they are very aware of the potential risks involved in ignoring them.
i base this opinion on the many discussions i have had with fire fighters
and fire chiefs over the past several years on this very topic.

richard

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