[talk-au] Default access restrictions

[David Murn]

On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 10:49 +1000, Stephen Hope wrote:

> Why?  Just because you happen to live in a state where that happens to
> be the case, doesn't mean I do. If I tagged a footpath, I would expect
> bikes ARE allowed by default, because they are here.  Setting defaults
> for this is going to be instinctively wrong for a lot of mappers, most
> of whom won't ever see this page.
> 
> So far, I've been told that Vic and NSW don't allow riding on unsigned
> footpaths by adults, ACT and QLD do.  Anybody know the rules for the
> other states?

Im fairly sure ACT law doesnt allow riding on footpaths, only designated
bicycle paths.  A quick google, shows SA[0] and WA[1] have the same
rules.  It appears that the QLD rules are different to the rest of the
country, so if we adopted a national standard, only QLD mappers would be
affected by their states differing laws.

> 
> By the way, what's the current difference between bicycle=designated
> and bicycle=yes?  I thought I knew, but skimming through all the posts
> in the various lists for the last few days has left me confused again.

>From a quick skim of the wiki, it seems that 'bicycle=yes' means that
bicycles are allowed on the way, where 'bicycle=designated' means the
bike has right of way.  Bikes have right of way on designated cycle
paths, but while theyre allowed on (most) roads, they dont have right of
way.

David

[0] http://www.sa.gov.au/upload/franchise/Transport,%20travel%20and%
20motoring/Cycling/Cycling%20&%20the%20Law%20Booklet.pdf (p16)
[1] http://rac.com.au/about-us/community/road-safety/safe-roads.aspx