[OSM-talk-be] D1 road signal

[Ben Laenen]

On Wednesday 16 January 2013 22:04:57 A.Pirard.Papou wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The "Mandatory to follow the direction indicated by the arrow"
> description for the down sloping D1 signals here
> <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_Belgium> is
> (fortunately) incorrect.  It should be "Drive around the obstacle on the
> side indicated by the arrow".

"fortunately incorrect"? :-)

The full Dutch official definition of the D1 sign is:

"D1. Verplichting de door de pijl aangeduide richting te volgen.
De plaatsgesteldheid bepaalt de stand van de pijl.
Wanneer het verkeersbord dat een niet-gebogen pijl voorstelt, op een hindernis 
geplaatst is, betekent het dat langs de door de pijl aangeduide richting moet 
voorbijgereden worden."

Translated: "D1. Mandatory to follow the direction indicated by the arrow. The 
location decides the direction the arrow is pointing. If the traffic sign that 
represents a non-curved arrow is placed on an obstacle, it means that you have 
to drive around it on the side indicated by the arrow."


So, the definition on the page isn't incorrect, but I only translated the 
first sentence. I just wanted to have a simple definition in the table without 
every little detail. But if you want you can always add the definition of the 
traffic sign when it's placed on an obstacle.

Ben