[Tagging] Feature Proposal - crossing=marked

[Clifford Snow]

On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 2:48 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Now we may (yet again!) be getting caught up in the
> one-word-different-meanings-worldwide saga, but, in Australia at least,
> "zebra" crossings (parallel alternating black & white stripes crossing the
> road) are controlled - they signify a pedestrian crossing & drivers must
> stop & give way to any pedestrians on or approaching the crossing.
>
> So are there different rules elsewhere, so that you can say "zebra is
> marked but uncontrolled"?
>

Where I live in the US, Washington State, a pedestrian has the right of way
at any intersection unless otherwise indicated. Other places the pedestrian
only has the right of way in marked crossings.  But a marked crossing
doesn't necessarily mean controlled. To me that means some sort of signal.
Similar to the way we tag supervised crossings  highway=crossing +
crossing=* as appropriate + supervised=yes

Best,
Clifford
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