[Talk-GB] Implicit speed limits: What to tag in built-up areas?

[David Woolley]

On 30/04/18 18:41, Tobias Zwick wrote:
> On tagging implicit speed limits in the United Kingdom, the wiki lists
> the following values [1] for "maxspeed:type":
> 
> GB:nsl_single (=60 mph), GB:nsl_dual (=70 mph) and GB:motorway (=70 mph)

Aren't we missing a couple of points here?

These speed limits encode vectors, not scalars.  As I recall the speed 
limit is dependent on the type of vehicle.  E.g. buses and HGVs are 
limited to 60 on motorways and dual carriageways: 
<https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits>.  In particular, the signed limit is 
often only the highest of the limits.

The other thing about these codes, is that they allow all limits to 
change quickly if legislations changes.