[Talk-ca] Someone adding LKW to truck lanes and parking at border crossings

[Jherome Miguel]

They just replied. Quoting.

"In Europe, even outside Germany, the abbreviation LKW (freight) or PKW
(passenger) is used. These, on the other hand, do not use the abbreviation
HVG [sic]. I think the combination LKW / TRUCK is used to describe it,
which is understandable to both English and Germans. Some Americans and
Canadians don't know the abbreviation HGV either. Stop removing the
LKW/TRUCK description. Thank you."

Obviously false. Yes, we don't use HGV, but truck, but the problem is they
also slap LKW under a false assumption. Gahhhhhhhh! They might not have
ever stepped in either Canada or America.

On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 10:53 PM Paul Norman <osm at paulnorman.ca> wrote:

> On 2023-06-23 3:17 p.m., Jherome Miguel wrote:
> > Some user from Czech Republic has been adding this label "TRUCK/LKW"
> > to truck lanes and parking at border crossings with the US, and this
> > has been annoying me. Unless you speak German, you have no idea what a
> > LKW is. Just asked them to stop these. Have anyone did away with
> > these? Already did these with Emerson/Pembina and Stanstead/Derby Line.
>
>
> That name is generally going to be wrong, aside from the LKW part. These
> are not streets with a name of TRUCK, and they generally have the same
> name as a larger road, or no name at all.
>
>
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