[OSM-talk] definition of the main highway-tag

[Liz]

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Lester Caine wrote:
> Certainly an 'unclassified' highway should not be capable of handling a
> large lorry so routes for access to farms should be tagged 'service'
> perhaps where such access is practical,

It must be capable of taking the fire truck.
Often they can also take very large vehicles "B-doubles" and similar vehicles.

Service to me means the little parallel side road which keeps the stopping 
traffic away from the moving traffic, or a laneway..
It could still take a big truck.