[Talk-GB] [talk-gb] No HGVs except for loading / access

[Colin Smale]

If the restriction is due to a weak bridge or some other absolute issue, a different sign would be used, meaning "no vehicles over X ton" without any qualification like "except for access"


On 27 August 2021 22:42:04 CEST, David Woolley <forums at david-woolley.me.uk> wrote:
>On 27/08/2021 17:50, Edward Bainton wrote:
>> 2. How to tag? I'm using maxweightrating=7.5 for the sign, but not clear 
>> how to code the exception in addition.
>
>It is not the maximum weight, it is the maximum maximum (sic) authorised 
>mass (MAM used to be, less accurately referred to as maximum gross 
>weight).  The actual mass might be less than 7.5 tonne, but, if it could 
>be legally fully loaded to more than that it wouldn't be allowed.
>
>I assume that maximum weight, in relation to weak bridges, refers to the 
>actual weight at the time.
>
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