[Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

[Mateusz Konieczny]

24 May 2019, 22:10 by pla16021 at gmail.com:

> On Fri, 24 May 2019 at 21:00, Mateusz Konieczny <> matkoniecz at tutanota.com <mailto:matkoniecz at tutanota.com>> > wrote:
>
>>
>> 24 May 2019, 21:52 by >> pla16021 at gmail.com <mailto:pla16021 at gmail.com>>> :
>>
>>> Motorists have right of way if their signal is green; pedestrians have absolute
>>> right of way just by stepping on the crossing irrespective of the lights.  Does not compute.
>>>
>> Note that legal implications of zebra stripes differ vastly across the world. 
>>
>
> OK, so let me ask this.  Do zebra stripes on their own have any legal significance?
>
Yes - it marks place as a pedestrian crossing with some legal implications
for pedestrians and drivers.

> Can you have zebra stripes without lights or are they only ever present with lights?
>
You can have zebra stripes with lights and without lights.

> If you can have zebra stripes without lights that mean something different to zebra stripes
> with lights, that could be a problem for the blind. 
>
Main difference is that without traffic lights who can move depends on situation
(neither drivers nor pedestrians have absolute priority), with lights who can legally enter 
is marked by traffic lights.

>  If zebras only occur in Poland with lights then it's just a crossing=traffic_lights.
>
Unfortunately - not only.
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