[Talk-us] Unpaved streets

[Paul Johnson]

On Sun, 2009-09-06 at 21:49 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 07:30 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> >
> >> It depends on what the road is like.  If it's a decent dirt road that
> >> normal cars routinely drive on, has a street name, is considered a
> >> public or private way by the town, then it's highway=residential
> >> surface=unpaved.
> >> 
> >> If when driving on it in a car you wince and wish you had a 4WD truck,
> >> it doesn't a name, and it isn't recognized as a 'real road', it might be
> >> highway=track.
> >
> > How are you coming to that conclusion, anyway?  Also, show me an unpaved
> > residential street in the western US that you didn't wish you had a 4WD
> > for, and I'll show you a street that really is paved, but hasn't been
> > swept or had rain wash the dirt off all summer.
> 
> There are streets in my town (Stow, MA) that are definitely not paved
> that I have driven on with a Saturn SC2 and not had a problem.

OK, but can you drive them in a PT Cruiser Touring Edition, a Porche
911, or some other low-slung, stiff-suspension vehicle on it without
problems?  How about a road bicycle (which absolutely depends on
pavement)?  Probably not going to be happening.

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