[Talk-GB] Some newbie questions

[Keith Sharp]

On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 21:44 +0000, Keith Sharp wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 08:23 +0000, John McKerrell wrote:
> > > 2) How should I mark up a fire path?  A fire path is where a road is
> > > blocked to non-emergency service traffic, often using raised kerbs
> > and
> > > no entry signs.
> > >
> > 
> > What is it used for generally, could it be a considered a  
> > pedestrianised road with access permissions for emergency vehicles?  
> > I'm not completely sure on this one but I'm sure others will have  
> > more ideas. 
> 
> In Glasgow fire paths are used to block the ends of residential streets
> to stop them becoming over used short cuts.  The idea is that sufficient
> obstacles are placed in the road (along with signage) so that only fire
> engines can pass.  In reality most cars are prevented from passing (I've
> seen a BMW lose its exhaust on a fire path) but vans and lorries still
> sometimes bounce across the kerb stones.  Effectively the road is closed
> to all except for pedestrians, bicycles, and fire engines.
> 
> If this hasn't cleared things up let me know and I'll take some photos
> of the one outside my window.

Photo here:

	http://www.passback.co.uk/tmp/firepath.jpg

Keith.