[Tagging] How to tag traffic islands ?

[Philip Barnes]

On Mon Nov 2 07:35:03 2015 GMT, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> off topic:
> Yes, I also learned that in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 
> Zebra crossing seem to have no meaning, red lights
> at pedestrian crossings are ignored as long as it possible
> to cross before or after the pedestrian. Sounds dangerous, 
> but seemed to work fine for everybody ;-)
> 
> I think there is a general pattern:
> In Germany almost no one dares to ignore a traffic light,
> most people also stop at a stop sign, at least they slow down
> to ~ 5 kmh. 
> I cycled a lot of countries in Europe, and I noticed that 
> in other countries a stop sign is  placed nearly everywhere,
> which seems to have the effect that everybody treats it like
> a "watch out" hint, not more.
> 
Stop signs are relatively rare in the UK and are only used on difficult/more dangerous junctions. The most common sign used at junctions is a give way. When driving in other countries I have found stop to be over used.

Phil (trigpoint)
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> ________________________________________
> Von: Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
> Gesendet: Montag, 2. November 2015 08:15
> An: daveswarthout at gmail.com; Tag discussion, strategy and related tools
> Betreff: Re: [Tagging] How to tag traffic islands ?
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> > Am 02.11.2015 um 00:36 schrieb Dave Swarthout <daveswarthout at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Pedestrians are pretty much on their own here in Thailand. Even where there are zebra crossings motorists don't stop or even slow down.
> 
> 
> it's the same in Italy, at least in the central and southern parts. You better watch out when crossing a road at a zebra crossing (sometimes also at traffic light controlled crossings, e.g. in Naples)
> 
> cheers,
> Martin
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