[talk-au] Aligning steets

[Ross Scanlon]

On 20/09/12 18:37, Stephen Hope wrote:
>
> On 20 September 2012 09:41, Ross Scanlon <info at 4x4falcon.com
> <mailto:info at 4x4falcon.com>> wrote:
>
>     Yes it is a small roundabout as you can not legally drive over it
>     unless it is impractical to do so.
>
>     The vehicle in the street view is clearly about to drive around the
>     center island.  Whereas if it was a truck/bus/caravan it would be
>     able to drive over it if necessary.
>
>     Read through the mailing list archives all this discussion was
>     thrashed out years ago and nothing has changed.
>
>
> What you just described is the exact definition of a mini-roundabout.

No, it's the Australian road rules in relation to roundabouts.  Notice 
on the wiki that the image has a blue sign.  This legally defines the 
roundabout as a mini-roundabout and ALL vehicles MAY traverse the center 
island whilst still complying with the rules applicable to roundabouts.

In Australia this just does not exist, so they are all roundabouts, just 
varying in size.

>   Mini-roundabout doesn't mean you can legally drive over it in any
> vehicle, it means that you can physically drive over it if you need to.
> The australian guidelines are wrong, in this case.  And yes, I know how
> they evolved to this state, I've kept up on the discussion over the
> years.  But with the recent clarifications to the definition of
> mini-roundabout and roundabout in the main tagging guideline, and the
> fact that you can't tag a fully drawn out roundabout as traversable,
> there is now a need for using mini-roundabout in Australia.

Why?

Most of this is just people just being slack and not wanting to draw the 
roundabout.  It's not that hard.

Cheers
Ross