[Tagging] Maxspeed

[pmailkeey .]

On 15 May 2015 at 22:30, Colin Smale <colin.smale at xs4all.nl> wrote:

>  That would depend on so many factors, including wheelbase, overhang,
> width, driving skill, weight distribution on individual wheels, even
> speed.. Google for "swept path analysis"....
>
> //colin
>
>
> On 2015-05-15 23:13, John F. Eldredge wrote:
>
> I have seen some tight intersections, with buildings directly adjoining
> the roadway at all four corners, where a "maxlength" tag would also be
> useful. A passenger car or a delivery truck would be able to turn the
> corner, but a tractor-trailer rig (heavy goods vehicle) or bus would get
> wedged in place.
>
>
> On May 13, 2015 6:15:22 AM CDT, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
>>
>>  On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 4:03 AM, Colin Smale <colin.smale at xs4all.nl>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  Don't agree with this... there have been discussions in the past about
>>> whether the "width" of a "way" includes the pavements etc... Where a road
>>> goes under a bridge, where do you measure the "height" of the road? The
>>> highest point (not good enough for vehicles) or the "lowest highest point"
>>> or "in the middle of the road"? I would expect maxheight:physical to apply
>>> to a "normal vehicle", of maybe 2.5m width.
>>>
>> There are cases where maxheight:physical and maxwidth:physical may be
>> different from the legal definitions and significantly affect the
>> viability.  A standout problem regularly occurs in Oregon where you can
>> have human powered vehicles up to about 3 feet wide legally, but many
>> cycleways, particularly older ones built before the 1990s, have barriers
>> that make all but the 10-speeds with drop bars impractical as negotiating
>> the barriers that keep motorists out also prevent longer or wider bicycles
>> from fitting.  Similar issues exist on Oklahoma turnpikes, which commonly
>> allow vehicles up to 11'6" wide, but the typical cash toll booth is only
>> capable of fitting a 9'5" wide vehicle.  Go figure.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>

So much easier to simply read what restriction is on the road sign !


-- 
Mike.
@millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> -
For all your info on Millom and South Copeland
via *the area's premier website - *

*currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property
& pets*

T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/attachments/20150516/8fe014bd/attachment-0001.html>