[talk-au] Aligning steets

[Ross Scanlon]

They are not mini-roundabouts if you can not drive over them.

Look here:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmini_roundabout

Also read the Australian Tagging Guidelines here:

wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines

mini_roundabout is not determined by size.

Australia does not have mini roundabouts, road rules require you to 
drive around the center island unless it is impractical to do so, ie 
truck, bus.

Have a look through here:

http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Australia-f5416966.html

you'll see numerous discussions and the Australian Tagging Guidelines 
above are a reflection of these.

Cheers
Ross

On 19/09/12 16:15, Brett Russell wrote:
> Hi
>
> I can assure you that the Devonport City Council is in love with
> converting standard intersections into min round-abouts with high raised
> flower beds which means unless you drive a tank your vehicle is going to
> get hurt. Most have a large mountable curb areas for trucks and buses
> but as mentioned a solid inner. In fact any barrier or road side
> furniture is being put in at a rate that makes you think that the city
> engineer has shares in these companies. I will leave it up to letters to
> the paper to describe the residents views of such things but they do exist.
>
> Cheers
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:22:25 +1000
> From: slhope at gmail.com
> To: talk-au at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [talk-au] Aligning steets
>
> I've seen it flatly stated that Australia didn't have any real
> mini-roundabouts. That may have been true once, but the last few new
> roundabouts I've seen built near me have all been either true mini
> roundabouts (nothing but paint) or a couple where there is a raised
> centre concrete disc, but it's only raised about a cm, and is fully
> traversable. I'm not sure why they've started appearing.
>
>
> Stephen
>
>
> On 15 September 2012 22:26, Nick Hocking <nick.hocking at gmail.com
> <mailto:nick.hocking at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Brett,
>     You've just said a *really" controversial phrase (mini roundabouts).
>     In Australia there is a *LOT* of history surrounding these things.
>     I do have a definite opinion on them but I reckon it would be best
>     (if not unbearably tedious) for you to read the many vitiolic posts
>     on this subject on talk-au.
>     Cheers
>     Nick
>
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