[Tagging] maxspeed:type vs source:maxspeed // StreetComplete

Joseph Eisenberg joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com
Wed Sep 19 01:19:06 UTC 2018


So on the boundary=administrative admin_level=6 for Rogers County, we could
have something like maxspeed:type:default=45mph
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 8:21 AM Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:

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>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 1:17 PM Tod Fitch <tod at fitchdesign.com> wrote:
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>> > On Sep 18, 2018, at 10:41 AM, Tobias Zwick <osm at westnordost.de> wrote:
>> >
>> > There is a misunderstanding.
>> >
>> > So, there are 597 towns, 77 counties and 2 councils in the state of
>> > Oklahoma and I understand that you want to say that all these entities
>> > have authority over defining the default speed limit(s) within their
>> > borders, right?
>> > But if they do set a different default speed limit for their town, then
>> > they will post signs for that.
>> >
>> > What I mean with default speed limits are speed limits that apply *when
>> > no sign is posted*. These kind of speed limits that are known (learnt in
>> > driving school) by heart by drivers and usually explained in parts on
>> > big signboards at country borders [1].
>> >
>> > These defaults are with very few exceptions always defined state- or
>> > country-wide, because, claro, noone can be expected to know the special
>> > default speed limit that applies only in your town/country. Even if
>> > there it is only signposted once at the city limits, it still counts as
>> > signposted - perhaps as a (large) speed zone [2].
>> >
>>
>> To the best of my recollection, there are no signs on the California
>> border with Oregon, Nevada or Arizona stating default speed limits when you
>> change jurisdictions.
>>
>
> In Oregon, you're expected to have already read and understand Form 37
> <https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Forms/DMV/37.pdf> before driving in Oregon.
> The only place the default speeds in Oregon is posted is on printed page
> 16, PDF page 34.
>
>
>> It has been a long while since I have driven into or through states other
>> than listed above, but I don’t recall seeing that type of signage anywhere
>> I’ve driven and at one time or another I’ve driven in about half of the
>> states.
>>
>
> Oklahoma does, but in most parts, yeah, good luck reading it.  That sign
> assembly on the right, first one after the underpass in
> https://openstreetcam.org/details/28082/5781/track-info ?
>
> The green sign at the top reads
>
> ROGERS CO
>
> and the white one below it reads
>
> UNLESS OTHERWISE POSTED
> SPEED LIMIT
>  45 MPH
> IN ROGERS COUNTY
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