[Tagging] barrier enforcing maxwidth

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> Am 08.09.2015 um 06:52 schrieb Andrew Errington <erringtona at gmail.com>:
> 
> Since most roads do not have a maxwidth=* restriction it is safe to assume that the road is suitable for any vehicle*, but if you add a maxwidth tag somewhere it is immediately clear it was done purposefully.


without signs posted there are still general restrictions for vehicles, e.g. in Germany this is 4 meters height and 2,50 width. It is not a maxwidth for the road (hence should not be tagged like that) but its effect surely was taken into account when designing the road. There are of course vehicles that exceed these general maximum dimensions and have to be moved in exceptional convoys (i.e. would be nice to have real dimensions in osm to be able to assist planning even in these cases).

cheers 
Martin