[Talk-GB] barrier=kerb on highways may be blocking OSRM (Car) routing

[Robert Skedgell]

On 18/12/2019 15:36, Philip Barnes wrote:
> On Wednesday, 18 December 2019, David Woolley wrote:
>> On 18/12/2019 13:31, Edward Catmur via Talk-GB wrote:
>>> That said, the same goes for cars - other than the lowest bodied sports 
>>> cars, pretty much all motor vehicles are capable of taking a kerb at low 
>>> speed.
>>
>> Although raised kerbs are generally there to stop that happening and the 
>> resultant trespass on the footway can be illegal, e.g. in London.  As 
>> such routers should not be routing motor vehicles over kerbs.

I believe the simplified version of this is that it's generally illegal
(a criminal offence) to drive a car on a footway, unless there's a
vehicle crossover provided for that purpose. It's parking a car on a
footway which is illegal in London (an offence which is only subject to
civil enforcement), unless explicitly allowed by the local authority.
Trespass isn't likely to be the issue on highways maintainable at public
expense.

> Its a level of detail that few of us have mapped, but it is perfectly acceptable, and quite common, to route motor vehicles  over lowered kerbs to access private property. 
> 
> Phil (trigpoint)

For access to a private property as a destination, hopefully
kerb=lowered at the intersection of the highway=service and barrier=kerb
ways would be interpreted as allowing it by a router.

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Robert Skedgell (rskedgell)