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

[Frederik Ramm]

Well even if the term "lkw" were ubiquitous it would still not be a 
suitable value for the "name" tag of a truck lane...

On 7/4/23 06:44, Jherome Miguel wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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