[OSM-talk] Highway = Motorway automatically oneway ?

[Matthias Julius]

"Stephen Hope" <slhope at gmail.com> writes:

> Actually, the Mapping/Features/Oneway page in the wiki says the following
>
> "You don't need to tag roundabouts, trunk roads or motorways with a
> oneway tag, because they are oneway by default."
>
> This may not be accurate, but it is there.  I'm pretty sure it is
> wrong for trunk roads.

This should be changed, IMHO. Default values for attributes that are
specific to a certain object should be noted in the description for
that object. Just like junction=roundabout.

Matthias