[Tagging] kerb=regular vs. raised

[Philip Barnes]

On Wed, 2020-07-29 at 20:15 -0400, Jarek Piórkowski wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 at 19:46, Martin Koppenhoefer
> <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 30. Jul 2020, at 00:03, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us
> > > > wrote:
> > > The wiki has a raised kerb as any kerb greater than 3cm in
> > > height. Your definition of a regular kerb is one greater than or
> > > equal to 10cm
> > 
> > when reading the term raised kerb I’d rather think about something
> > like 25-40cm, while 4 cm surely wouldn’t be considered “raised”
> 
> You have to consider the purpose of the tag. To a wheelchair user,
> there might not be a lot of practical difference between 25 and 10
> cm,
> because both are impassable.

Wheelchairs have a large rear wheel so that they can be tilted just so
that they can get over kerbs. They have no problem crossing typical
raised kerbs. 25 cm is a bit excessive for a kerb.

Phil (trigpoint)