[Talk-GB] Legally permitted vs inadvisable

[Dan S]

Hi

foot=no would definitely be inappropriate! It would mean not permitted.

This is basically the same as the "Mapping dangerous - but valid -
routes" question that you asked in December, and the responses to that
are relevant here.

Best
Dan


2017-03-08 11:27 GMT+00:00 Stuart Reynolds <stuart at travelinesoutheast.org.uk>:
> What’s the thinking about tagging foot=no along busy dual carriageways?
> Specifically I would like to remove a walk from a stretch of the A2 near
> Barham in Kent where there are bus stops, but no footways along the verge
> (and indeed very little in the way of verge at some points). It is
> technically legal to walk along the A2 from the junction to the south, but
> it is most certainly not advisable and you would be taking your life into
> your hands if you did so.
>
> BTW, access to the northbound bus stop is via a footpath through the woods.
> Technically the southbound one is accessed via a footpath across a break in
> the crash barriers - but we don’t have that on OSM, and I’m not about to add
> it in.
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/26237116#map=18/51.21188/1.16626
>
> Regards,
> Stuart Reynolds
> for traveline south east & anglia
>
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