[Tagging] Deprecating mini_roundabout

[Jez Nicholson]

AFAIK the traffic regulations are:
1. You should *avoid* doing a U-turn at a mini roundabout because there
isn't much room to turn in, and people might not be expecting it. You are
still allowed to do so.
2. *only* drivers of long/large vehicles may only drive over it. Everyone
else has to drive round the roundabout as usual

Point 1 should affect routers to discourage them from suggesting a u-turn,
but not prohibit it.

I believe the same would be true for any country.

Therefore, it is worth knowing whether it is a mini or standard roundabout.

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 2:27 PM Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 13:59, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at tutanota.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> 23 Oct 2019, 14:54 by richard at systemed.net:
>>
>>
>> It is, pretty much. Plus a few in places heavily influenced by British
>> practice (Ireland and Hong Kong), and also France as Philip says.
>>
>> And in Poland, though without special
>> legal implications - the same traffic rules
>> apply as in usual roundabout.
>>
>
> That's fine.  A mini roundabout is not just about size, low central
> island, and number of
> exits but also about legislation.  A Polish roundabout could look
> identical to a UK mini
> roundabout yet have legal restrictions that match an "ordinary" Polish
> roundabout.  That's
> fine.  It doesn't have to just walk like a duck and quack like a duck, it
> also has to have a
> sign round its neck saying "I'm a duck."
>
>> I think the best suggestion in this case would be to update the
>> documentation, particularly in translated pages, clarifying that the tag
>> is
>> intended for the formal mini-roundabout design as found in the UK,
>> Ireland,
>> France etc., and not for any flat roundabout.
>>
>> I disagree with such approach for Poland.
>>
>
> Now I'm confused.  Richard suggested updating the documentation to explain
> that
> a mini roundabout is more than just physical characteristics but also
> about traffic
> regulations:  that in certain countries things that look physically like
> mini roundabouts
> are merely small ordinary roundabouts; and that only in certain countries
> (which
> excludes Poland) are things that look like mini roundabouts actually mini
> roundabouts.
> Why would you disagree with that?
>
> --
> Paul
>
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