[Tagging] when should highway=centreline be used?
Philip Barnes
phil at trigpoint.me.uk
Wed Oct 28 12:58:16 UTC 2015
On Wed Oct 28 10:51:34 2015 GMT, Colin Smale wrote:
>
>
> In the UK a double white line does not mean no overtaking - it means
> don't cross the line (except in certain circumstances). Overtaking of
> one motorcycle by another motorcycle is not in itself prohibited by the
> double white line. The exception for overtaking slow moving vehicles
> basically only works for bicycles, horses and road maintenance vehicles
> moving at less than 10mph.
And quite a lot of tractors, mostly older ones that are run by smallholders and enthusiasts.
Phil (trigpoint)
>
> On 2015-10-28 11:37, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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> > 2015-10-28 10:58 GMT+01:00 Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk>:
> >
> >>> * that overtaking is forbidden
> >> True, but exceptions allow you to overtake slow moving vehicles.
> >
> > in Germany the reason is, that "overtaking" very slow moving vehicles is not considered "overtaking", but it considered avoiding obstacles (or sth similar).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Martin
> >
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